Jonah Lwanga’s biography, fact, career, awards, net worth and life story

Intro Bishop of Kampala and All Uganda
Is Priest
From Uganda
Type Religion
Gender male
Birth

18 July 1945, Uganda, Uganda

Age 75 years
Star sign Cancer
Education
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens bachelor’s degree

Jonah (Lwanga) is the Metropolitan of Kampala and All Uganda, in Central Africa under the Eastern Orthodox Church of Alexandria. His see is Kampala, with jurisdiction over all Uganda. This Church, numbering about 60,000 people dates back to the 1930s.

Biography

Born 18 July 1945 in the village Ddegeya, Uganda. Lwanga’s grandfather, Obadiah Basajjakitalo, was one of the two initial leaders of the Orthodox Church in Uganda along with Ruben Spartas Mukasa.

He completed his general education in Bulemezi and Kyaddondo, Uganda (1952-1964).

In 1964-1968 he studied at the Ecclesiastical School of Crete. In 1968-1978 he holds a degree in Theology and Philosophy from the University of Athens with.

In 1979−1981 he served Secretary of the Orthodox Mission in Uganda.

1 May 1981 he was ordained a Deacon, in 1982 he was ordained a priest.

On 27 January 1992 he was ordained vicar Bishop of Bukoba.

On 12 May 1997 he was elected by the Holy Synod as Metropolitan of Kampala and All Uganda.

Sources

  • Article on the Eastern Orthdox Church in Uganda
  • Jonah (Lwanga) of Kampala at OrthodoxWiki.
  • Holy Archdioceses
  • Metropolitan Jonah of Kampala and All Uganda at Orthodox Research Institute. (OCMC Magazine, Vol. 15, No. 2 (1999)).
  • Devil has taken charge of Uganda – Jonah Lwanga
Eastern Orthodox Church titles
Preceded by
see created 		Bishop of Bukoba (Tanzania)
1992-1997 		Succeeded by
Porphyrios (Skikos)
Preceded by
Theodoros Nankyamas 		Metropolitan of Kampala and All Uganda
1997-Present 		Succeeded by
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