Zac Niringiye

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Zac Niringiye (born 1954) is a Ugandan Anglican theologian and pastor.

Biography

Niringiye was born in Bufumbira. After a first degree in physics and a teaching diploma at Makerere University, Niringiye completed an MA at Wheaton College, Illinois in 1987 and a PhD at the University of Edinburgh in 1998, studying under T. Jack Thompson and David Kerr. [1] [2]

Niringiye worked as regional director for the Church Missionary Society, promoting missionary work in the whole of Africa. He was then consecrated Assistant Bishop of Kampala in 2005, [3] taking an early retirement in 2012 to advocate for social justice in Uganda. [4] [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "D. Zac Niringiye". Regent College Summer Programs. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
  2. Niringiye, David Zac (30 April 2016). The Church in the World: A Historical-Ecclesiological Study of the Church of Uganda with Particular Reference to Post-Independence Uganda, 1962-1992. Langham Publishing. ISBN   978-1-78368-136-5.
  3. Waimiri, Justus (23 August 2004). "Provincial Secretary and CMS official named new bishops in Uganda". www.anglicannews.org. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
  4. "Bishop Niringiye to retire 7 years early". The Observer - Uganda. 29 January 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2021.