Livingstone Mpalanyi Nkoyoyo Explained

Type:Archbishop
Honorific-Prefix:The Most Reverend
Livingstone Mpalanyi Nkoyoyo
Archbishop of Uganda and Bishop of Kampala
Native Name:Mpalanyi Nkoyooyo
Native Name Lang:Luganda
Church:Church of Uganda
Archdiocese:Kampala
Diocese:Kampala
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Term Start:1994
Term End:24 January 2004
Predecessor:Yona Okoth
Successor:Henry Luke Orombi
Birth Date:4 October 1938
Birth Place:Namukozi, Mityana
Death Place:Kampala Hospital
Buried:Namugongo
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Resting Place Coordinates:0.3975°N 32.6658°W
Religion:Anglicanism
Spouse:Ruth Nalweyiso
Children:5
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Livingstone Mpalanyi Nkoyoyo (4 October 1938[1] – 5 January 2018) was a Ugandan Anglican bishop. He served as the Archbishop and Primate of the Church of Uganda from 1995 to 2004. He was married to Ruth Nalweyiso, since 1965 until his death, and the couple had five children, of which one died before him.[2]

Early life

Nkoyoyo was one of the 25 children of Erisa Wamala Nkoyoyo, a sub-county Chief during Sekabaka Edward Mutesa II's reign. He grew up in a wealthy family, since his father was a rich landowner.[3] He studied at Mpenja Primary School, in Gomba, Aggrey Memorial School and Mityana Junior Secondary School. He moved a lot due to his father's work and had to leave school after completing Junior Secondary School. He then started working as an auto mechanic, for which he kept a lifelong interest.[4]

Ecclesiastical career

He felt his religious calling at a youth camp, at Ndoddo Church, in Gomba District. Shortly after, he became a full-time minister, starting as a church teacher. After attending an ordination training course, he was ordained an Anglican deacon, at Namugongo, on 3 June 1969.[5]

He served as a Suffragan Bishop in Namirembe Diocese, becoming the first Bishop of the Diocese of Mukono, in 1983. He was elected to the House of Bishops of the Church of Uganda to be their 6th Archbishop and Primate, in 1995. He would be in office until 24 January 2004. He was awarded the Bible Leadership Excellence Award by the Bible Society of Uganda, in 2015.[5]

Death

He had successful treatment for cancer in Great Britain in early 2017. He died of pneumonia, at Kampala Hospital, aged 79 years old.[6] He was laid to rest at the Uganda Martyrs Anglican Shrine in Namugongo, on 9 January 2018.[7]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: 10 January 2018. Doors of Opportunity: Issues in Personal Development and Achievement . Livingstone Sebunya . Kampala . MK Publishers Uganda Limited . 2002 . 7. 9789970040933.
  2. Web site: 10 January 2018 . Retired Archbishop Nkoyoyo is dead . 5 January 2018 . Jackie Nalubwama . and Carol Kasujja . . Kampala.
  3. Web site: Kampala . Retired Archbishop Livingstone Mpalanyi Nkoyoyo is dead . 10 January 2017 . 5 January 2018 . Newz.ug . Newz.ug.
  4. Web site: Profile: Who was Arch-Bishop Livingstone Mpalanyi Nkoyoyo? . 10 January 2018 . 6 January 2018 . Nation Television Uganda (NTV Uganda) . NTV Uganda . Kampala.
  5. Web site: Livingstone Nkoyoyo dead at 80 . 5 January 2018 . 10 January 2018 . Anglican.ink . Church of Uganda Communications Office . https://web.archive.org/web/20180106120407/http://www.anglican.ink/article/livingstone-nkoyoyo-dead-80 . 6 January 2018 . dead .
  6. Web site: 10 January 2018 . Retired Archbishop Nkoyoyo is dead . 5 January 2018 . . Ephraim . Kasozi . Kampala.
  7. Web site: 8 January 2018. 10 January 2018 . Museveni, religious leaders pay tribute to Archbishop Nkoyoyo . . Misairi Thembo Kahungu.