Type: | Bishop |
Honorific Prefix: | His Excellency |
Albert Edward Baharagate Akiiki | |
Bishop Emeritus of Hoima | |
Church: | Roman Catholic Church |
Archdiocese: | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mbarara |
See: | Roman Catholic Diocese of Hoima |
Appointed: | 7 July 1969 |
Term End: | 9 March 1991 |
Predecessor: | Cipriano Biyehima Kihangire |
Successor: | Deogratias Muganwa Byabazaire |
Ordination: | 7 December 1958 |
Consecration: | 1 August 1969 |
Consecrated By: | Pope Paul VI |
Rank: | Bishop |
Birth Name: | Albert Edward Baharagate Akiiki |
Birth Date: | 25 February 1930 |
Birth Place: | Nyamigisa village, Masindi District, Protectorate of Uganda |
Death Place: | Kampala, Uganda |
Albert Edward Baharagate Akiiki (25 February 1930 – 5 April 2023) was a Ugandan Roman Catholic priest who served as Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hoima. He was appointed bishop of Hoima on 7 July 1969 and he resigned on 9 March 1991.
Baharagate was born on 25 February 1930, in Nyamigisa village, in present-day Masindi District, in Bunyoro sub-region, in the Western Region of Uganda. He was ordained a priest on 7 December 1958.[1]
He was appointed Bishop of Hoima on 7 July 1969 and was consecrated a bishop at Hoima on 1 August 1969 by Pope Paul VI†, assisted by Archbishop Sergio Pignedoli†, Titular Archbishop of Iconium and Archbishop Emmanuel Kiwanuka Nsubuga†, Archbishop of Archdiocese of Kampala.[1]
On 9 March 1991, Baharagate resigned as Bishop of Hoima. In his later life, he lived as Bishop Emeritus of Hoima.[1]
Baharagate Akiiki died at Nsambya hospital in Kampala, on 5 April 2023, at the age of 93.[2]