Emmanuel Nsubuga Explained

Type:Cardinal
Honorific Prefix:His Eminence
Emmanuel Nsubuga
Archbishop Emeritus of Kampala
Church:Roman Catholic Church
Archdiocese:Kampala
See:Kampala
Appointed:5 August 1966
Term End:8 February 1990
Predecessor:Vincent Billington
Successor:Emmanuel Wamala
Other Post:Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Nuova (1976-91)
Ordination:15 December 1946
Consecration:30 October 1966
Consecrated By:Laurean Rugambwa
Cardinal:24 May 1976
Created Cardinal By:Pope Paul VI
Rank:Cardinal-Priest
Birth Name:Emmanuel Kiwanuka Nsubuga
Birth Date:5 November 1914
Birth Place:Kisule, Uganda
Death Place:Cologne, Germany
Previous Post:President of the Ugandan Episcopal Conference (1969-75)
Motto:Mater profer lumen caecis

Emmanuel Kiwanuka Nsubuga (5 November 1914 – 20 April 1991) was a Uganda Catholic prelate who served as the first Archbishop of Kampala from 1966 to 1990 and as a cardinal from 1976 until his death.[1] He was an opponent of human rights abuses of the military dictatorship of Idi Amin.[2]

During Amin's rule, Nsubuga spoke against the government's human rights abuses. He also encouraged priests and nuns throughout the country to shelter people fleeing harassment by the army during the civil war that later raged during the Government of Milton Obote.[3]

He was succeeded in 1990 as Archbishop of Kampala by Emmanuel Wamala, who became a cardinal in 1994.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Website of the Archdiocese of Kampala . 19 April 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090624071410/http://www.klarchdiocese.org.ug/diocese.php . 24 June 2009 . dead .
  2. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bnsubuga.html Profile at catholic-hierarchy.org
  3. https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE5DF1F38F931A15757C0A967958260 Cardinal Nsubuga, 76; Uganda Rights Backer