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Kabale Catholic Diocese set for consecration of new bishop
Sunday said all is set for the function, and he hailed the support offered by Christians from across the country towards the function.
Fr Bonaventure Bosco Katusiime Gubazire will be ordained as the fifth bishop of the diocese this Saturday (October 3) at St Ignatius University grounds in Kabale town. ( Photo by Juliet Anna Lukwago)
By: Juliet Anna Lukwago, Journalist @New Vision
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Kabale Catholic Diocese is gearing up for the consecration of Fr Bonaventure Bosco Katusiime Gubazire as its new bishop.
The 52-year-old will be ordained as the fifth bishop of the diocese this Saturday (October 3) at St Ignatius University grounds in Kabale town.
According to the Vicar General of Kabale Diocese, Msgr John Vianney Sunday, 20,000 people are expected to grace the event.
Sunday said all is set for the function, and he hailed the support offered by Christians from across the country towards the function.
He said they have invited President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni to grace the event.
The new Papal Nuncio to Uganda, Archbishop Tomasz Grysa, is expected to attend, along with bishops, priests, religious and congregants.
Gubazire, 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.
Last July, Pope Leo XIV accepted the resignation of Rubaramira, who at 75, had reached the retirement age set out in Canon 401 of the Code of Canon Law. The pontiff then appointed Gubazire as his successor.
Rubaramira remained the Apostolic Administrator of Kabale until the duty of the new Bishop to take canonical possession of the diocese this Saturday.
Gubazire at a glance
He was born on March 3, 1974, to Venancio Gubazire and Maria Salome Gubazire in Kitumba village in the Diocese of Kabale. He is the second born of seven children in their family.
He attended St Mary’s Primary School, Rushoroza (1981–1987), then St Paul’s Minor Seminary, Rushoroza (1988–1994). He joined the Postulancy of the Missionaries of Africa (White-Fathers) in 1994.
He will succeed Bishop Callistus Rubaramira, who has been the bishop of the diocese for 23 years.
Last July, Pope Leo XIV accepted the resignation of Rubaramira, who at 75, had reached the retirement age set out in Canon 401 of the Code of Canon Law. The pontiff then appointed Gubazire as his successor.
Rubaramira remained the Apostolic Administrator of Kabale until the duty of the new Bishop to take canonical possession of the diocese this Saturday.
Gubazire at a glance
He was born on March 3, 1974, to Venancio Gubazire and Maria Salome Gubazire in Kitumba village in the Diocese of Kabale. He is the second born of seven children in their family.
He attended St Mary’s Primary School, Rushoroza (1981–1987), then St Paul’s Minor Seminary, Rushoroza (1988–1994). He joined the Postulancy of the Missionaries of Africa (White-Fathers) in 1994.
He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and Religious Studies from the Philosophy Centre Jinja, PCJ (1997), a Bachelor of Arts in Theology from the Institut Catholique de Toulouse, France (2003), a Masters of Arts in Philosophy (majoring in ethics) from the Milltown Institute of Philosophy of Dublin, Ireland(2010), a Diploma in ICT System Support from Andiamo Educational Institutions of Baraka, Malawi (2013) and a Doctorate Degree in Philosophy (PhD) from the University of SanCarlos of Cebu, Philippines (2020).
Gubazire took his perpetual vows on December 7, 2002, and was ordained a priest on August 10, 2003, at Rushoroza Cathedral Parish. His first appointment was at the Kabale Diocese Offices from 2003 to 2007.
Later, he was appointed the assistant parish priest of Paroquia da Nossa Senhora de Fátima, Murraça, Archdiocese of Beira in Mozambique 2004-2007 and 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, Child Protection Delegate of the Missionaries of Africa, Malawi Sector 2013-2015.
He later became acting Rector of Lechaptois Formation House in Balaka, Malawi, 2017-2020, Coordinator and Chaplain of Friends of Missionaries of Africa in the Philippines, 2017-2020.
He was a 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.
He served as Rector of St. Martin of Tours Formation House, Ejisu, Ghana from 2023, as a member of the Academic Board of the Spiritan University College in Ejisu from 2025 till date, and as 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).
Gubazire took his perpetual vows on December 7, 2002, and was ordained a priest on August 10, 2003, at Rushoroza Cathedral Parish. His first appointment was at the Kabale Diocese Offices from 2003 to 2007.
Later, he was appointed the assistant parish priest of Paroquia da Nossa Senhora de Fátima, Murraça, Archdiocese of Beira in Mozambique 2004-2007 and 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, Child Protection Delegate of the Missionaries of Africa, Malawi Sector 2013-2015.
He later became acting Rector of Lechaptois Formation House in Balaka, Malawi, 2017-2020, Coordinator and Chaplain of Friends of Missionaries of Africa in the Philippines, 2017-2020.
He was a 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.
He served as Rector of St. Martin of Tours Formation House, Ejisu, Ghana from 2023, as a member of the Academic Board of the Spiritan University College in Ejisu from 2025 till date, and as 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).