PROFILE: The Life and Times of Orthodox Archbishop Metropolitan Jonah Lwanga

Orthodox Archbishop of Uganda Metropolitan Jonah Lwanga has died at the age of 76. Here is a quick look at his profile:

1945: Yonah Lwanga was born in Degeya, British Protectorate of Uganda.

His family practiced Orthodox Christianity.

Lwanga’s grandfather Obadiah Kabanda Basajakitalo was an Orthodox Church father.

1952-1964: Jonah Lwanga completed his general education in Bulemezi and Kyadondo.

1964-68: Studied at the Ecclesiastical School of Crete

1968-73: Studied Philosophy at the University of Athens

1973-1978: Studied Theology at the University of Athens.

1979-81: Secretary of the Ugandan Mission under Archbishop Frumentios (Nasios) (1972-1981) of the Archdiocese of Irinoupolis

May 01, 1981: Ordained to the diaconate

1982: His Beatitude ordained Deacon Jonah to the Holy Priesthood

1982: Sent as Professor of Theology, he was sent to the Ecclesiastical School of Makarios III in Riruta, Nairobi, which had been inaugurated in the previous year

1982: Elevated to Archimandrite

July 26, 1992: Holy Synod elected Archimandrite Jonah Lwanga titular Bishop of Bukoba

1997: Served as the Archbishop of Kampala and Exarch of All Uganda for 24 years since his ordination in 1997

1997: Holy Synod elevated Bishop Jonah Lwanga to become the Archbishop of Kampala and Exarch of All Uganda. He took over from Archbishop Theodoros Nankyama

November 26, 2018: Lwanga established the Diocese of Gulu for the Eastern and Northern Ugandan Mission