Archbishop Cyprian Kizito Lwanga, of Kampala Archdiocese has died, a communication from the archdiocese reveals. Lwanga, is said to have passed on in his sleep.
The news of Archbishop Lwanga’s death has sent shockwaves within Kampala because only yesterday, he was seen presiding over mass in Rubaga.
About Archbishop Cyprian Kizito Lwanga
The late Archbishop Cyprian Kizito Lwanga was born on January 19, 1953.
He began his journey to priesthood in Nyenga Seminary in 1964 after which he joined Katigondo National Major Seminary from 1972 to 1974. After Katigondo he also studied theology at Ggaba National Seminary, in Kampala before joining the University of Clermont-Ferrand in France in 1979. In France, he studied administration and languages, and majored in administration. He later enrolled at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome to study law. In 1994 he attained a doctorate in Canon Law at that university.
Lwanga was ordained by Cardinal Emmanuel Kiwanuka Nsubuga, into priesthood, on 8 April 1978 at Rubaga Cathedral and he went on to serve as a priest at Kampala Archdiocese until 30 November 1996.
His first appointment as bishop was at the Diocese of Kasana-Luweero on 30 November 1996 where he was also consecrated bishop on 1 March 1997 by Cardinal Emmanuel Wamala, Archbishop of Kampala, assisted by Bishop Paul Lokiru Kalanda, Bishop of Fort Portal and Bishop Joseph Bernard Louis Willigers, Bishop of Jinja.
Ten years later, he was appointed and became the third Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Kampala on 19 August 2006 and on 30 September 2006 at Rubaga Cathedral he succeeded Cardinal Emmanuel Wamala, who had resigned.
Archbishop Lwanga was one of the most outspoken clerics in Uganda.
