The life, times of Archbishop Cyprian Lwanga (1953-2021)
Thursday April 08 2021
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One of my oldest letters is from the then bishop of Kasana Luweero, Cyprian Kizito Lwanga, then a freshly installed Bishop and former chancellor of Kampala Archdiocese. It may be the only letter from a Catholic bishop I have, I perhaps only met him sporadically in the ensuing years. As he settled into the seat of the archbishop he gave particularly long sermons to connect with his congregation. In his latter years, he adopted a new matter-of-factly style. As the last polls neared recently, he actually took an aggressive stance, challenging the State for its high-handed approach to its opponents. The fire under his seat made it difficult to say otherwise as many Catholic priests, especially in the Central region openly supported a new face on Uganda’s political scene Robert Sentamu Kyagulanyi, itself a first. But in between his ordination as bishop, appointment as archbishop