Zac Niringiye Explained

Zac Niringiye (born 1954) is a Ugandan Anglican theologian and pastor.

Biography

Niringiye was born in Bufumbira. After a first degree in physics and a teaching diploma at Makerere University, Niringiye completed an MA at Wheaton College, Illinois in 1987 and a PhD at the University of Edinburgh in 1998, studying under T. Jack Thompson and David Kerr.[1] [2]

Niringiye worked as regional director for the Church Missionary Society, promoting missionary work in the whole of Africa. He was then consecrated Assistant Bishop of Kampala in 2005,[3] taking an early retirement in 2012 to advocate for social justice in Uganda.[4] [1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: D. Zac Niringiye . Regent College Summer Programs . 19 February 2021 . en.
  2. Book: Niringiye . David Zac . The Church in the World: A Historical-Ecclesiological Study of the Church of Uganda with Particular Reference to Post-Independence Uganda, 1962-1992 . 30 April 2016 . Langham Publishing . 978-1-78368-136-5 . en.
  3. News: Waimiri . Justus . Provincial Secretary and CMS official named new bishops in Uganda . 19 February 2021 . www.anglicannews.org . 23 August 2004.
  4. News: Bishop Niringiye to retire 7 years early . 19 February 2021 . The Observer - Uganda . 29 January 2012 . en-gb.

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