Adrian Kivumbi Ddungu

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Adrian Kivumbi Ddungu (born July 15, 1923 in Ssango , Uganda , † December 30, 2009 in Kampala , Uganda) was a Ugandan clergyman and the second bishop of Masaka .

Life

Adrian Kivumbi Ddungu studied at the Bukalasa Seminary in Masaka. He was ordained a priest on December 20, 1952 .

Pope John XXIII appointed him bishop of Masaka on November 11, 1961 . He was ordained episcopate on January 10th of the following year by the Archbishop of Rubaga , Joseph Kiwánuka MAfr ; Co- consecrators were Vincent Billington MHM , Bishop of Kampala , and Vincent Joseph McCauley CSC , Bishop of Fort Portal . He was a participant in the Second Vatican Council .

Bishop Ddungu was President of the Bishops 'Conference of Uganda from 1977 to 1982. He was Chairman of the Commission for Mission in the Bishops' Conference. Again and again he was committed to the people of Uganda, especially in the fight against HIV / AIDS - also against the views of the Roman Curia. Among other things, he fought against the changes in land law.

On January 10, 1998, John Paul II accepted his age-related resignation.

He died of a stroke at Nsambya Hospital in Kampala, Uganda.

literature

  • Benedict Ssettuuma Jr. and John Mary Waliggo: Bishop Adrian K. Ddungu (Bishop Emeritus Masaka Diocese) His Life, Vocation and Legacy. 2009.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Bishop of Makasa in Uganda has asked politicians and social workers to show more respect for the church's position on the fight against AIDS ( memento of March 7, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), Vatican Radio , December 10, 2005
predecessor Office successor
Joseph Kiwánuka MAfr Bishop of Masaka
1961–1998 		John Baptist Kaggwa
personal data
SURNAME Ddungu, Adrian Kivumbi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Ugandan clergyman and the second bishop of Masaka
DATE OF BIRTH July 15, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Ssango , Uganda
DATE OF DEATH December 30, 2009
Place of death Kampala , Uganda