Gubazire Katusiime ordination in Kabale set for Saturday, October 3
According to the Vicar General of Kabale Diocese, Msgr John Vianney Sunday, 20,000 people are expected to grace the event, which will take place on October 3, at St Ignatius University grounds in Kabale Town.
Fr Bonaventure Bosco Katusiime Gubazire (M.Af). (Courtesy)
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Kabale Catholic Diocese is gearing up for the consecration of Fr Bonaventure Bosco Katusiime Gubazire (M.Af) as the new Bishop.
Fr Gubazire (M.Af) will be ordained as the 5th bishop of Kabale Diocese this weekend on Saturday, October 3.
According to the Vicar General of Kabale Diocese, Msgr John Vianney Sunday, 20,000 people are expected to grace the event, which will take place on October 3, at St Ignatius University grounds in Kabale Town.
Msgr Sunday explained that the organising committee expects the President of Uganda, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, to grace the event as chief guest.
Papal Nuncio to Uganda, Archbishop Tomasz Grysa, and several bishops and priests are scheduled to lead the faithful to celebrate Mass.
Fr Gubazire, 52, a member of the Society of Missionaries of Africa, popularly known as the White Fathers, served as Rector of St Martin of Tours Formation House in Ejisu, Ghana.
He will succeed Bishop Callistus Rubaramira, who has been the Bishop of the Diocese for 23 years and was the 4th Bishop of Kabale.
In July, the Holy Father, Pope Leo XIV, accepted the resignation of Bishop Rubaramira, 75, who reached the retirement age. Consequently, the Pontiff appointed Fr Gubazire (M.Af) as the new Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Kabale.
Bishop Rubaramira remained the Apostolic Administrator of Kabale until the duty of the new Bishop to take canonical possession of the Diocese on Saturday, October 3.
Born on March 3, 1974, to Venancio Gubazire and Maria Salome Gubazire at Kitumba village in the Diocese of Kabale, Gubazire is the second born of seven children.
He attended St. Mary’s Primary School, Rushoroza, St. Paul’s Minor Seminary, Rushoroza and the Postulancy of the Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)
He holds several academic certificates, including:
Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and Religious Studies from the Philosophy Centre Jinja, PCJ (1997).
Bachelor of Arts in Theology from the Institut Catholique de Toulouse, France (2003)
Master of Arts in Philosophy (majoring in ethics) from the Milltown Institute of Philosophy of Dublin, Ireland (2010).
Diploma in ICT System Support from Andiamo Educational Institutions of Baraka, Malawi (2013).
Doctorate Degree in Philosophy (PhD) from the University of SanCarlos of Cebu, Philippines (2020).
His deployment at different missions included: assistant Parish Priest of Paroquia da Nossa Senhora de Fátima, Murraça, Archdiocese of Beira in Mozambique, 2004-2007
Director of the School of Adult Literacy, Catholic Mission of Murraça and Caia, Archdiocese of Beira, Mozambique, 2005-2007
Council Member of the Missionaries of Africa, Section of Mozambique 2010-2013.
He was Professor and Dean of Studies at Lechaptois Formation House of the White Fathers in Balaka, Malawi, from 2011-2016, and Child Protection Delegate of the Missionaries of Africa, Malawi Sector, 2013-2015.
Then later he became acting Rector of Lechaptois Formation House in Balaka, Malawi, 2017-2020, and Coordinator and Chaplain of Friends of Missionaries of Africa in the Philippines, 2017-2020.
Member of the Council of the Missionaries of Africa, Section of Asia, Cebu, Philippines 2019-2020, Rector of Our Lady of Africa Formation House (Seminary) in Cebu, Philippines, from 2021 till date; Dean of Studies at the Spiritan University College in Ejisu, Ghana.
Since 2023, Gubazire has been rector of St. Martin of Tours Formation House, Ejisu, Ghana.
Member of the Academic Board of the Spiritan University College in Ejisu since 2025.
He is a Provincial Council Member in charge of on-going formation of the Missionaries of Africa, Ghana-Nigeria Province.
Gubazire speaks English, French, Portuguese, Kiswahili, Chisena (Mozambique), Chichewa (Malawi), Cebuano (Philippines) and local languages (Runyankore, Rukiga and Luganda).