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Kinkizi diocese’s first bishop Ntegyereize laid to rest
Sunday May 09 2021
Mourners look on as the casket containing the remains of Kinkizi Rt. Rev. Em. John Wilson Ntegyereize is lowered into the grave on May 8, 2021. Photo/ Perez Rumanzi
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Bishop Ntegyereize died on May 6 at Bwindi community hospital at the age of 75, following a long illness resulting from several behavioral diseases, including diabetes and hypertension, according to family members.
Bishop Ntegyereize is remembered nationally for being the only religious leader, a bishop at the time who signed an affidavit in support of the presidential election petition by Dr Kizza Besigye in 2001 in which he said he turned up for voting only to find that his vote had been cast.
Daily Monitor
Thursday May 06 2021
Bishop Emeritus of Kinkizi Diocese John Wilson Ntegyerize died on May 6, 2021, at the age of 75. Photo | Courtesy
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The death of Bishop Emeritus Ntegyerize, 75, was confirmed by the current bishop of Kinkizi Diocese, Rt Rev Dan Zoreka, who said that he breathed his at Bwindi Community Hospital where he was rushed to on Wednesday after his health condition deteriorated.
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Anglican Christians in Kinkizi Diocese and the entire Kanungu District are mourning the death of their founding bishop John Wilson Ntegyerize who passed on Thursday morning after a long illness.
The death of Bishop Emeritus Ntegyerize, 75, was confirmed by the current bishop of Kinkizi Diocese, Rt Rev Dan Zoreka, who said that he breathed his at Bwindi Community Hospital where he was rushed to on Wednesday after his health condition deteriorated.
Daily Monitor
Wednesday January 20 2021
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In January 2020, Namirembe Diocese, the first Church of Uganda diocese founded in 1890, suspended Rev Ronald Kalende of St Stephen’s Church Mwererwe in Gombe sub-county, Wakiso District, a week to his wedding after he admitted fathering a child with a church choir pianist.
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Retired Archbishop of the Church of Uganda Stanley Ntagali has been banned from carrying out priestly duties for alleged involvement in an extra-marital affairs with a married woman.
It is alleged that the Archbishop emeritus sired a child with a married woman, an incident that happened last year.
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