Vincent Kirabo

Vincent Kirabo
Born (1955-10-01) 1 October 1955
Hoima District, Uganda
Residence Hoima, Uganda
Nationality Ugandan
Citizenship Uganda
Education Pontifical Urban University
(Licentiate in Biblical Theology)
University of Portland
(Masters in Education)
Known for Pastoral service
Home town Hoima
Title Archbishop
Religion Roman Catholic

Vincent Kirabo was born 1 October 1955 in Hoima District in the Western Region of Uganda. He was appointed the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hoima on 30 November 2015.[1][2]

Priesthood

He was ordained a priest on 9 September 1979 after studying at the Uganda Martyrs' National Major Seminary Aloculum in Gulu and at St. Mary's National Seminary in Ggaba. He taught at St. John Bosco Minor Seminary, Hoima from 1979 until 1988. He served as the director of the Diocesan Commission for Vocations from 1985 until 1988. He was the vicar at Muhorro Parish in 1990 and rector of St. John Bosco Minor Seminary in Hoima from 1991 until 1992. Between 1992 and 1997, he served as the diocesan financial administrator of Hoima Roman Catholic Diocese. Between 1998 and 2003, he was the parish priest of Buseesa Parish, serving in the same capacity in Katulikire Parish from 2007 until 2008. He became professor and financial administrator of Uganda Martyrs' National Major Seminary Alokolum in 2008, serving in that capacity until 2012.[2] At the time of his appointment as bishop, he was a professor at St. Mary’s National Major Seminary Ggaba, a position he had served in since 2012.[1]

See also

Succession table

Preceded by
Deogratias Muganwa Byabazaire
1991 -2014[3]
Bishop of Hoima
2015 - present
Succeeded by
Incumbent

References

  1. 1 2 Newvision (30 November 2015). "Hoima Diocese gets new Bishop". New Vision. Kampala. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  2. 1 2 Mugerwa, Francis (2 December 2015). "Academic gets Pope's nod for Hoima Diocese". Daily Monitor. Kampala. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
  3. CHO (30 November 2015). "Roman Catholic Diocese of Hoima: Past and Present Ordinaries". Catholic-Hierarchy.org (CHO). Retrieved 1 December 2015.


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