Callistus Rubaramira

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Callistus Rubaramira
Bishop of Kabale
Church Roman Catholic Church
Archdiocese Mbarara
See Kabale
Appointed15 March 2003
Installed8 June 2003
Predecessor Robert Marie Gay
Orders
Ordination18 May 1975
Consecration8 June 2003
by  Robert Marie Gay
RankBishop
Personal details
Born
Callistus Rubaramira

(1950-02-08) 8 February 1950 (age 74)
Rubira-Kyanamira Village, Kabale District, Diocese of Kabale, Uganda
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    Religious style Bishop

    Callistus Rubaramira (born 8 February 1950), is a Roman Catholic prelate, who is the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kabale, in Uganda. He was appointed bishop on 15 March 2003 by Pope John Paul II. [1]

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    Early life and education

    Rubaramira was born on 8 February 1950, at Rubira-Kyanamira Village, in Kabale District in the Western Region of Uganda. This lies in Rushoroza Parish, in the Diocese of Kabale, a Suffragan diocese of the Metropolitan ecclesiastical province of Mbarara. His parents are Cyprion Kwigira and Seforoza Bamusibane. He is the second-born in a family of ten siblings (six brothers and three sisters). He attended Saint Francis Kyanamira Primary School for his primary education. He attended Saint Paul's Seminary Mutolere for his O-Level education. He completed his A-Level studies at Kitabi Seminary in Bushenyi. [2]

    He studied philosophy at St Thomas Aquinas National Major Seminary Katigondo, in Kalungu District, where he studied Philosophy. He then transferred to St. Mary's National Seminary, Ggaba, where he studied Theology. He graduated with a Bachelor's degree from Katigondo (BA in Philosophy) and from Ggaba (BA in Theology). Later he was awarded a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Portland in Oregon, in the United States. [2]

    Priest

    He was ordained deacon on 29 December 1974. On 18 May 1975, he was ordained a priest of Kabale Diocese. He served as priest in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kabale until 15 March 2003. [1] [2]

    Among the service roles that he has gone through as priest include: [2]

    As bishop

    He was appointed bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kabale, on 15 March 2003. He was consecrated as bishop on 8 June 2003 at Kabale by Bishop Robert Marie Gay, Bishop Emeritus of Kabale, assisted by Bishop Barnabas Rugwizangonga Halem ’Imana, Bishop Emeritus of Kabale and Archbishop Paul Kamuza Bakyenga, Archbishop of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mbarara. [1] [3]

    On 25 August 2024 Bishop Callistus Rubaramira was installed as the chancellor of St. Ignatius University Kabale (IGUKA). The ceremony took place on the university's campus in Rusoroza, Kabale Municipality. [4]

    See also

    Succession table

    Preceded by
    Robert Marie Gay (1996 - 2003)
    Bishop of Diocese of Kabale
    2003 - present
    Succeeded by

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