His Eminence, the Most Reverend Jonah (Lwanga) is the Archbishop of Kampala and All Uganda, in central Africa, part of 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.
Lwanga's grandfather, Obadiah Basajjakitalo, was one of the two initial leaders of the Orthodox Church in Uganda along with Ruben Spartas Mukasa.
Lwanga was educated at a Greek Orthdox Seminary in Crete and at the University of Athens.
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Bishop of Bukoba (Tanzania) 1992-1997 |
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Preceded by Theodoros Nankyamas |
Archbishop of Kampala and All Uganda 1997-Present |
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