| Type: | Archbishop |
| Honorific Prefix: | The Most Reverend |
| Lambert Bainomugisha | |
| Archbishop of Mbarara | |
| Church: | Roman Catholic Church |
| Archdiocese: | Mbarara |
| See: | Mbarara |
| Appointed: | 25 April 2020 |
| Term Start: | 20 June 2020 |
| Predecessor: | Paul Kamuza Bakyenga |
| Ordination: | 13 July 1991 |
| Consecration: | 1 October 2005 |
| Consecrated By: | Paul Kamuza Bakyenga |
| Birth Name: | Lambert Bainomugisha |
| Birth Date: | 12 July 1961 |
| Birth Place: | Kashumba, Isingiro District, Western Region, Uganda |
| Alma Mater: | Saint Paul University |
| Previous Post: | Titular Bishop of Tacia montana (2005-20) Auxiliary Bishop of Mbarara (2005-20) Apostolic Administrator of Hoima (2009-15) |
Lambert Bainomugisha (born 12 July 1961), is a Ugandan Roman Catholic prelate, who is currently the Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mbarara, in Uganda, since 25 April 2020. He was formally installed as archbishop of the archdiocese later on 20 June 2020.[1]
Bainomugisha was born on 12 July 1961, at Kashumba, in present-day Isingiro District in the Western Region of Uganda. He was ordained priest on 13 July 1991 at Mbarara. He served as priest in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mbarara until 2 July 2005. On that day, he was appointed bishop. [1] Archbishop Bainomugisha holds a degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Canon Law, obtained from Saint Paul University, in Ottawa, Canada.[2]
He was appointed auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mbarara, on 2 July 2005.[3] He was consecrated as bishop on 1 October 2005 at Mbarara by Archbishop Paul Kamuza Bakyenga, Archbishop of Mbarara, assisted by Bishop John Baptist Kakubi†, Bishop Emeritus of Mbarara and Bishop Callistus Rubaramira, Bishop of Kabale.[1]
He was appointed to Archbishop of the same archdiocese on 25 April 2020, when Pope Francis accepted the resignation of Paul Kamuza Bakyenga, who had reached the retirement age of 75 years, on 30 June 2019.[4] He was installed as archbishop on 20 June 2020, at Mbarara.[5] [6]