Archbishop Cyprian Kizito Lwanga †

Deceased

Archbishop of Kampala, Uganda

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
19 Jan 1953		Born
9 Apr 1978	25.2	Ordained Priest	Priest of Kampala, Uganda
30 Nov 1996	43.8	Appointed	Bishop of Kasana-Luweero, Uganda
1 Mar 1997	44.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Kasana-Luweero, Uganda
19 Aug 2006	53.5	Appointed	Archbishop of Kampala, Uganda
30 Sep 2006	53.6	Installed	Archbishop of Kampala, Uganda
3 Apr 2021	68.2	Died	Archbishop of Kampala, Uganda

MicroData Summary
Cyprian Kizito Lwanga
Archbishop Cyprian Kizito Lwanga
(born 19 Jan 1953, died 3 Apr 2021)
Archbishop of Kampala

Ad Limina - March 2010: Bishop
Ad Limina - June 2018: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Naggalama
Ordained Bishop Annunciation of Our Lady, Cathedral, Kasana, Diocese of Kasana-Luweero
Death Place Kampala, Archdiocese of Kampala

a priest for 42.9 years
a bishop for 24.0 years

Ordained Priest by:
Emmanuel Kiwanuka Cardinal Nsubuga †
Archbishop of Kampala
Principal Consecrator:
Emmanuel Cardinal Wamala
Archbishop of Kampala
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Joseph Bernard Louis Willigers, M.H.M. †
Bishop of Jinja
Bishop Paul Lokiru Kalanda †
Bishop of Fort Portal

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Emmanuel Cardinal Wamala (1981)
Archbishop of Kampala
Emmanuel Kiwanuka Cardinal Nsubuga † (1966)
Archbishop of Kampala
Laurean Cardinal Rugambwa † (1952)
Bishop of Bukoba
Archbishop David James Mathew † (1938)
Titular Archbishop of Apamea in Bithynia
Arthur Cardinal Hinsley † (1926)
Archbishop of Westminster, England
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard of Norfolk † (1872)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Consecrator of:
Archbishop Paul Ssemogerere (2008)
Bishop Giuseppe Filippi, M.C.C.I. (2009)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Serverus Jjumba (2019)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 161271274
WikiData: Q555028

Source(s):

ab: Bollettino, 19 Aug 2006
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 149, Number 12,987
d: CB, 3 Apr 2021
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 250, Necrology (back)

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