"I am greatly humbled and yet highly honored to be chosen by the Holy Father," the prelate born June 13, 1956 in Nkumba which is under his new area of shepherding said Thursday.
Kampala Metropolitan Police deputy spokesman Luke Owoyesigyire said a special security team was already in the area to track down the thugs who gang-raped a woman and robbed money from others at.
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Daily Monitor
Saturday April 10 2021
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Kasana-Luweero Bishop Paul Ssemogerere, who has been appointed caretaker of the Kampala Archdiocese, says he will continue the work of the late Archbishop Cyprian Kizito Lwanga and promote teamwork.
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Bishop Paul Ssemogerere of Kasana-Luweero, who Pope Francis appointed this week as caretaker of Kampala Archdiocese following the death of Archbishop Cyprian Kizito Lwanga, has said he will not introduce radical changes to what the deceased archbishop has been doing.
After his sudden death last Saturday, Archbishop Lwanga was hailed as a development-oriented administrator of the Kampala Archdiocese during the 16 years he was in-charge.
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Fare-thee-well Archbishop Lwanga
Friday April 09 2021
Catholic bishops at the grave during the burial of Archbishop Lwanga at Rubaga Cathedral in Kampala yesterday. PHOTO/DAVID LUBOWA
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In a condolence message read by Vice President Edward Ssekandi, President Museveni described Archbishop Lwanga as a humble and faithful servant of God whose noble actions and wise counsel facilitated the growth of the Christian faith in Uganda and beyond.
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Rubaga Cathedral yesterday exploded into loud wails and outpouring of emotions as the casket bearing the remains of late Kampala Archbishop Cyprian Kizito Lwanga was lowered into a crypt inside the Church.
The cathedral pews and the marques on the church grounds teemed with mourners who braved the scorching sun to witness the burial of a man revered as generous and pragmatic shepherd.