Albert Edward Baharagate’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro Ugandan priest
Is Priest 
From Uganda 
Type Religion 
Gender male
Birth 25 February 1930, Masindi, Uganda
Age: 90 years
Star sign Pisces

Albert Edward Baharagate (born 25 February 1930), is a Ugandan Roman Catholic priest who served as Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hoima. He was appointed as bishop of Hoima on 7 July 1969 and he resigned on 9 March 1991.

Background and priesthood

Baharagate was born on 25 February 1930, in Nyamigisa Village, in present-day Masindi District, in Bunyoro sub-region, in the Western Region of Uganda. He was ordained a priest on 7 December 1958.

As bishop

He was appointed Bishop of Hoima on 7 July 1969 and was consecrated a bishop at Hoima on 1 August 1969 by Pope Paul VI†, assisted by Archbishop Sergio Pignedoli†, Titular Archbishop of Iconium and Archbishop Emmanuel Kiwanuka Nsubuga†, Archbishop of Archdiocese of Kampala.

On 9 March 1991, Baharagate resigned as Bishop of Hoima. As of July 2019, he lives on as Bishop Emeritus of Hoima.

Succession table

Preceded by
Cipriano Biyehima Kihangire (1965 – 1968)
Bishop of Hoima
1969 – 1991
Succeeded by
Deogratias Muganwa Byabazaire (1991 – 2014)
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