West Buganda Diocese has finally got a new bishop after one year of waiting .
According to a statement from the Church of Uganda, the House of Bishops which sat on Wednesday, elected Rev. Henry Katumba Tamale as the next bishop of West Buganda Diocese .
He replaces Bishop Godfrey Makumbi who succumbed to cancer last having served for four years. Bishop Jackson Matovu, the bishop of Central Buganda Diocese has been serving as caretaker bishop.
By time of appointment, Rev. Katumba was serving in Namirembe Diocese as the Bishop’s Personal Research and Information Assistant and Parish priest for Kamuli Parish.
From 2005-2015, he served at Uganda Christian University (UCU) as a male warden and land and farm supervisor at UCU’s farm in Ntawo in Mukono District .He is expected to be consecrated and enthroned as Bishop on August 28,2016 at St.Paul’s Cathedral ,Kako.
Past bishops of West Buganda Diocese since 1960
-Mike Brown
-Festo Lutaya
-Stephen Tomusange
-Christopher Ssenyonjo
-Samuel Keffa Kamya
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