BREAKING: Kampala Archbishop Cyprian Kizito Lwanga Is Dead

Dr. Cyprian Kizito Lwanga was born on 19th January 1953, at Kyabakadde, Naggalama, in the present Lugazi Diocese. The church ordained him a priest on 8th April 1978 at Lubaga Cathedral by His Eminence Emmanuel Cardinal Nsubuga.

Appointed first Bishop of Kasana-Luweero Diocese on 16th November 1996 and ordained Bishop on 1st March 1997 at Kasana-Luweero.

Appointed the third Archbishop of Kampala on 19th August 2006 and installed as the third Archbishop of Kampala on 30th September 2006 at Lubaga Cathedral.

Archbishop Cyprian Kizito Lwanga was born at Naggalama in Mukono district formerly the Archdiocese of Kampala (but now the Diocese of Lugazi) on January 19th 1953.

His Late Father Joseph Nsubuga Wamala was a catechist, he died in 1983. He attended Kyabakadde Primary School and in 1964 before joining Nyenga Seminary. He thereafter entered the National Major Seminary of Philosophy of Katigondo (1972-1974). And in 1974-1978, he studied Theology at the National Seminary of Ggaba. The Late Cardinal Emmanuel Nsubuga of the Archdiocese of Kampala ordained him a priest on April 9th, 1978.

In 1979, he also joined the University of Clermont-Ferrand (France) to study a course in administration and languages, with a particular focus on administration.

They then appointed him Chaplain of His Holiness in 1986. In 1994, they awarded him a Doctorate in Canon Law of the Pontifical Urban University in Rome.