Robert Marie Gay (22 January 1927 – 29 June 2016) was a Canadian-born Ugandan Roman Catholic prelate. He was the second bishop of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Kabale The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kabale () is a diocese located in the city of Kabale in the ecclesiastical province of Mbarara in Uganda. History * February 1, 1966: Established as Diocese of Kabale from Diocese of Mbarara Leadership * Bishops o ...

from 1996 to 2003.

Background and priesthood

Gay was born in

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on 22 January 1927. He joined the missionary congregation of the Missionaries of Africa and on 30 January 1954 was ordained as priest. He served as Superior General of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers), from 1980 until 1986.

As bishop

Gay was appointed bishop by the

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on 11 January 1996. He was

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to the

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on 9 March 1996. The principal

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was Cardinal

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, Archbishop of the

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, assisted by Bishop Barnabas Rugwizangonga Halem ’Imana, Bishop Emeritus of Kabale and Bishop Paul Kamuza Bakyenga, Bishop of

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. Bishop Gay retired on 15 March 2003.

Sickness and death

Gay died on 29 June 2016 at Passages Hospice, in

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, at the age of 89 years.

References

External links

Profile of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kabale
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Background and priesthood

As bishop

Sickness and death

See also

References

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