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Cyprian Kizito Lwanga

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The Most Reverend

Cyprian Kizito Lwanga
Archbishop of Kampala
ChurchCatholic Church
ArchdioceseKampala
Appointed19 August 2006
Installed30 September 2006
Term ended3 April 2021
PredecessorEmmanuel Wamala
SuccessorPaul Ssemogerere
Previous post(s)Bishop of Kasana–Luweero (1996–2006)
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
Died3 April 2021(2021-04-03) (aged 68)[1]
Kampala, Uganda
MottoOra et labora ut habeant vitam
Styles of
Cyprian Kizito Lwanga
Reference style
Spoken styleYour Grace
Religious styleBishop

Cyprian Kizito Lwanga (19 January 1953 – 3 April 2021) was a Ugandan Roman Catholic Prelate who served as Archbishop of Kampala from 2006 to his death. From 1996 to 2006, he served as Bishop of Kasana–Luweero.[2]

Background and education

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Lwanga was born on 19 January 1953 at Kyabakadde Village, in Naggalama Parish, in present-day Mukono District in the Buganda Region of Uganda, within the Diocese of Lugazi.[2][3]

Lwanga attended Kyabakadde Primary School. He entered Nyenga Seminary in 1964. Between 1972 and 1974, he studied at Katigondo National Major Seminary, in present-day Kalungu District. He then studied Theology at Ggaba National Seminary, in Kampala. In 1979, he joined the University of Clermont-Ferrand in France, where he studied administration and languages, with particular emphasis on administration. Later, he studied at Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome, where in 1994, he earned a doctorate in Canon Law.[3]

Priest

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Lwanga was ordained a priest on 8 April 1978 at Rubaga Cathedral by Cardinal Emmanuel Kiwanuka Nsubuga. He served as a priest of Kampala Archdiocese until 30 November 1996.[2]

Bishop

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Lwanga was appointed first bishop of the Diocese of Kasana-Luweero on 30 November 1996 and consecrated bishop on 1 March 1997 at Kasana-Luweero, by Cardinal Emmanuel Wamala, Archbishop of Kampala, assisted by Bishop Joseph Bernard Louis Willigers, Bishop of Jinja and Bishop Paul Lokiru Kalanda, Bishop of Fort Portal.[2]

On 19 August 2006, Lwanga was appointed the third Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Kampala and was installed as the third Archbishop of Kampala on 30 September 2006 at Rubaga Cathedral, succeeding Cardinal Emmanuel Wamala, who resigned.[2]

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][6]

Death

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In his last public appearance on Good Friday 2 April 2021 during the way of the cross he criticized the violations of human rights in Uganda, fueling rumors of him being poisoned.[7] Lwanga was found dead in his house on 3 April 2021.[8][9][10][11] Before and after the elections of 14 January 2021, Lwanga had repeatedly expressed fear of being killed.[12]

An autopsy was carried out by four senior pathologists on Monday, 5 April 2021, at Mulago National Referral Hospital, in the presence of two family representatives and two physicians/surgeons appointed by the Catholic Church. The conclusion of that post-mortem was that Archbishop Lwanga died from sudden total blockage of one of his coronary arteries. He had long-standing partial occlusion of his heart vessels (ischemic heart disease). When a blood clot suddenly formed in one of his heart vessels, it cut off blood supply to his heart muscle causing the heart muscle to die (myocardial infarction), or heart attack. This usually leads to death within "three to five minutes".[13][14][15]

After requiem masses at Lubaga Cathedral, at Kyabakadde Village, where he was born and at the Basilica of the Uganda Martyrs, Namugongo, his body was buried inside Lubaga Cathedral between the remains of Joseph Nakabaale Kiwanuka, who was Archbishop of Rubaga and those of Bishop Joseph Georges Edouard Michaud, M. Afr., who was Vicar Apostolic of Uganda.[15][16]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Kenneth Kazibwe (3 April 2021). "Archbishop Cyprian Lwanga found dead in house. The Kampala Archbishop Cyprian Kizito Lwanga has passed on, the Nile Post has learnt". Kampala: Nile Post Uganda. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e David M. Cheney (24 March 2020). "MicroData Summary for Cyprian Kizito Lwanga". Kansas City: Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
  3. ^ a b "His Grace Dr. Cyprian Kizito Lwanga". Kampala, Uganda: Archdiocese of Kampala. 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
  4. ^ George Okello (9 February 2020). "Decree! Archbishop Lwanga bans Holy Communion by hand, mass outside church in Kampala Archdiocese". Kampala: PML Daily. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
  5. ^ Archbishop Cyprian Lwanga reportedly dies
  6. ^ Uganda Radio Network (3 February 2020). "Archbishop Lwanga issues decree on Eucharist, introduces contracts for priests". Daily Monitor. Kampala. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
  7. ^ "Archbishop Cyprian Kizito Lwange last appearance in public". NTV. 3 April 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  8. ^ Wandera, Derrick. "Kampala Archbishop Cyprian Lwanga found dead in his room". Daily Monitor. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  9. ^ "Kampala Archbishop Dr Cyprian Kizito Lwanga dies at 68". New Vision. 3 April 2021.
  10. ^ "Just In: Archbishop Cyprian Kizito Lwanga found dead". The Uganda Times. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  11. ^ Uganda Radio Network. "Archbishop Kizito Lwanga, 68, found dead in his room". The Observer (Uganda). Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  12. ^ "Lwanga post-mortem results still inconclusive". Daily Monitor. Archived from the original on 5 April 2021.
  13. ^ Kenneth Kazibwe (6 April 2021). "Blood clot killed Archbishop Cyprian Lwanga- post-mortem". Nile Post Uganda. Kampala, Uganda. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
  14. ^ Sam Waswa (5 April 2021). "Details: Archbishop Lwanga Died of Heart Attack – Church Doctor". ChimpReports. Kampala, Uganda. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
  15. ^ a b Christopher Kisekka; Ezekiel Ssekweyama; Baker Batte (5 April 2021). "Archbishop Lwanga Died of Heart Attack - Postmortem Report". Uganda Radio Network. Kampala, Uganda. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
  16. ^ Jjunju Francis; Philip Odii (16 April 2021). "Uganda: Archbishop Lwanga Laid to Rest Inside Lubaga Cathedral". Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa. Nairobi, Kenya. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
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Catholic Church titles
New diocese Bishop of Kasana–Luweero
1996–2006 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Archbishop of Kampala
2006–2021 		Succeeded by
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