Emmanuel Wamala (born 15 December 1926) is a Ugandan Catholic prelate who served as the Archbishop of Kampala from 1990 to 2006. He was made a

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in 1994.

Background and education

Wamala was born on 15 December 1926 in Kamaggwa Village, Lwaggulwe Parish, in

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, Uganda. He attended elementary school in

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for four years, before he entered the Bukalasa National Minor Seminary in 1942. After seven years in Bukalasa, he attended the Katigondo National Major Seminary from 1949 to 1955. He obtained a

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. In September 1956, he was sent to

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for further study at the

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, where he obtained a Licentiate in Theology. From 1962 to 1964 he took a course in

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, graduating with a

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in the subject. Later, he took further educational courses in the

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Priesthood

Wamala was ordained a deacon on 15 August 1957 in Rome. He was ordained priest, on 21 December 1957, in the chapel of the Pontifical Collegio Urbaniano,

, by Archbishop Pietro Sigismondi, Titular Archbishop of Neapolis in Pisidia. In the same ceremony Stephen Fumio Hamao, future cardinal, was also ordained priest. Also ordained priest at the same time, in the same place was

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, Bishop Emeritus of Fort Portal, Uganda. He returned to Uganda in 1960 an was appointed to various roles including: * Inspector of diocesan schools in Masaka Catholic Diocese * Faculty member of the ''Bukalasa Minor Seminary'' * Chaplain, faculty member and rector of

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of the diocese of Masaka from 1974 until 1981. * He was created

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on 25 May 1977.

Bishop

On 17 July 1981

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appointed him bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kiyinda-Mityana. He was consecrated and installed as Bishop of Kiyinda-Mityana at ''Saint Noa Mawaggali Church'',

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, Diocese of Kiyinda-Mityana. The ceremony was held on 22 November 1981. The Principal Consecrator was Cardinal

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, Archbishop of Kampala assisted by Bishop

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, Bishop of Masaka and Bishop Josef Stimpfle, Bishop of

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. On 21 June 1988 Pope John Paul II appointed him

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of Kampala. On 8 February 1990, Bishop Wamala succeeded as Archbishop of Kampala, following the retirement of Cardinal

earlier the same day.

Cardinal

On 26 November 1994 Pope John Paul II created him

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. He was simultaneously appointed Cardinal-Priest of Sant'Ugo. He was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the

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that selected

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, but has lost the right to participate in any future conclave as a result of passing his eightieth birthday. He was succeeded in Kampala by Archbishop Cyprian Kizito Lwanga. On 9 October 2021 Wamala attended the burial in Uganda of

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Henry Kyabukasa, his 92 year old younger brother. Kyabukasa was a former prelate of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Masaka and died at Villa Maria Hospital in

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on 6 October 2021. He was buried at ''Bukalasa Minor Seminary'' in Kalungu District. Cardinal Wamala is a Patron of the African Prisons Project, an international non-governmental organisation with a mission to bring dignity and hope to men, women and children in African prisons through health, education, justice and reintegration. Archbishop Emmanuel Wamala was the President of the Episcopal Conference of Uganda from 1986 until 1994. He was also the President of the Uganda Joint Christian Council. Archbishop Wamala became the first Rector of the

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, officially opened on 18 October 1993. He retired as Archbishop of Kampala, on 19 August 2006 and lives on as Archbishop Emeritus of Kampala.

References

External links

Cardinal Wamala, his works and retirement

Praises pour in for Cardinal Wamala at 90
{{DEFAULTSORT:Wamala, Emmanuel 1926 births Living people Ugandan cardinals Cardinals created by Pope John Paul II Pontifical Urban University alumni Roman Catholic bishops of Kiyinda–Mityana People from Masaka District Roman Catholic archbishops of Kampala Ugandan Roman Catholic archbishops Makerere University alumni