Cyprian Kizito Lwanga

Cyprian Kizito Lwanga was born 19 January 1953 at Kyabakadde, Mukono District in the Central Region of Uganda. He became the archbishop of the Archdiocese of Kampala on 30 September 2006.[1][2]

The Most Reverend

Cyprian Kizito Lwanga
Archbishop of Kampala
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
ArchdioceseKampala
SeeKampala
Appointed19 August 2006
Installed30 September 2006
PredecessorEmmanuel Wamala
Orders
Ordination9 April 1978
by Emmanuel Kiwanuka Nsubuga
Consecration1 March 1997
by Emmanuel Wamala
Personal details
Born (1953-01-19) 19 January 1953
Naggalama, Uganda
Previous postBishop of Kasana-Luweero (1996-2006)
MottoOra et labora ut habeant vitam

Priesthood

He was ordained a priest on 8 April 1978 at Rubaga Cathedral by Emmanuel Nsubuga. He earned a doctorate in canon law from the Pontifical Urban University in Rome in 1994. He was appointed first bishop of the Diocese of Kasana-Luweero on 16 November 1996 and ordained bishop on 1 March 1997 at Kasana-Luweero. He was appointed the third Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Kampala on 19 August 2006 and installed as the third Archbishop of Kampala on 30 September 2006 at Rubaga Cathedral, succeeding Cardinal Emmanuel Wamala.[3] On 2 February 2020 Lwanga issued a decree that Catholics in the archdiocese of Kampala could only receive Holy Communion on the tongue and not on the hand.[4][5]

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See also

Succession table
Preceded by
Emmanuel Wamala		 Archbishop of Kampala
2006 - present		 Succeeded by
Incumbent

References

Cyprian Kizito Lwanga, Mixed marriages in Uganda: canonical challenges involved (cann. 1124 - 1129) (with special reference to the Archdiocese of Kampala), (Urbanianum diss. 126, 1994) xi-275 pp.

  1. Catholic Hierarchy (2010). "MicroData Summary For: Archbishop Cyprian Kizito Lwanga (born 19 Jan 1953) Archbishop of Kampala". Catholic-Hierarchy.Org. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
  2. Archdiocese of Gulu (19 August 2006). "New Archbishop of Kampala Named". Gulu: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gulu. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
  3. David M. Cheney (11 November 2015). "Archbishop Cyprian Kizito Lwanga, Archbishop of Kampala". Catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
  4. Okello, George (2 February 2020). "DECREE! Archbishop Lwanga bans Holy Communion by hand, mass outside church in Kampala Archdiocese". PML Daily. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  5. "Archbishop Lwanga issues decree on Eucharist, introduces contracts for priests". Daily Monitor. 3 February 2020. Retrieved 4 March 2020.


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