Consecration of 4th Luweero Diocese Anglican Bishop flops

By Olivia Nabaggala

30^th June 2023

The planning meetings for the consecration and enthronement of the fourth Bishop of Luwero Anglican Diocese have been suspended after the disqualification of the bishop-elect.

The committee organizing the function was scheduled to meet on Friday at the offices of Luwero Diocese to discuss the plans for the function scheduled for July 16th.

However, the Diocesan Secretary Reverend Canon Eric Ssebigajju informed the members that the meetings have been suspended pending guidance from the Province of the Church of Uganda.

On Thursday, the outgoing Luwero Bishop Eridard Nsubuga Kironde wrote to the Diocesan Secretary, the Chairperson of the House of Clergy, and the House of Laity informing them that the House of Bishops sitting in Hoima had revoked the election of Rev Canon Godfrey Kasana Semakula as 4th Bishop of Luweero Diocese.

Rev. Canon Kasana Ssemakula was elected the fourth Bishop of Luwero to succeed Bishop Eridard Nsubuga Kironde, who is retiring in July this year after attaining the mandatory retirement age of 65.

Kasana was elected on March 27, 2023 and was supposed to be consecrated and enthroned on July 16, 2023, at St. Mark’s Cathedral, in Luwero Town Council.

A section of Christians led by Kenneth R. Kikabi, a congregant at St. Mark petitioned the Archbishop of the Church of Uganda Stephen Kaziimba Mugalu demanding the nullification of the election accusing Rev. Canon Kasana Ssemakula of allegedly siring children outside the wedlock during priesthood in contravention of the Ten Commandments and canon laws.

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