Daily Monitor
Tuesday April 06 2021
Summary
When he first arrived at Kasana-Luweero, Dr Lwanga met with obstacles and major challenges, especially those associated with war-torn areas.
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On December 16, 1996, as Kampala Archdiocese priests numbering about 150 were having a picnic and enjoying the cool breeze of Lake Victoria at Nabinoonya Beach, Kisubi, then Archbishop of Kampala Emmanuel Cardinal Wamala made a very important announcement.
He revealed that Pope John Paul II had decided to reduce the size of the vast Kampala Archdiocese, carving out two new dioceses of Lugazi and Kasana-Luweero.
The pope had also appointed auxiliary Bishop Mathias Ssekamaanya to head the new diocese of Lugazi, while the cardinal’s private secretary, Msgr Cyprian Kizito Lwanga, had been elevated to a bishop and chosen to take over at Kasana-Luweero.
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Covid-19 takes Latin specialist
Rest in peace. His work paid off but Covid-19 took him away. Robert Mugagga pays tribute to Fr Dr Edward Ssonko.
The Rev Fr Edward Ssonko a teacher of Latin at Kisubi Seminary in Kampala Archdiocese, an ardent classical musician and holder of a doctorate in Latin breathed his last on January 23, at Kisubi hospital shortly after being admitted.
Fr Ssonko was the head of the examining body of Latin in Uganda. At first his health condition did not appear all that serious since he drove himself to hospital.
During a requiem Mass held at Lubaga Cathedral on January 25, Archbishop Cyprian Kizito Lwanga disclosed that Fr Ssonko had died of Covid-19 and urged mourners to take this disease seriously.