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Pope Francis: The third visiting Pope who left an indelible mark on Uganda in 2015

Paul MurungiThe Big StoryApril 21, 2025April 21, 2025

27th November, 2015 will forever be etched in history as a memorable day of the third papal visit to Uganda, and remains a symbol of religious significance to many Catholic faithful. Pope Francis who died today, aged 88, became the third Pope to visit Uganda following in the footsteps of his two predecessors- Pope Paul VI visit in 1969, and Pope John Paul (now a Saint) visit in 1993. Pope Francis’ visit to Uganda started from Nairobi, Kenya on November 27, 2015. Again like his two predecessors, he came as a pilgrim to venerate the holy martyrs, at Namugongo…

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Pope Francis appoints Bishop Lambert Bainomugisha as the Archbishop of Mbarara

Muhereza KyamuteteraThe Big StoryApril 25, 2020April 26, 2020

Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Archbishop Paul Bakyenga of Mbarara Archidiocese and has appointed, Auxiliary Bishop Lambert Bainomugisha as the new Archbishop of Mbarara, www.vaticannews.va has reported. Vatican News is a news information portal provided by the Pontifical Council for Social Communications which “aggregate[s] information from the Vatican’s various print, online, radio and television media in a one-stop-shop for news about the Holy See. The Rt. Rev. Lambert Bainomugisha was born 12th July 1961 at Kashumba, Bukanga, Isingiro in what was at that time the Diocese of Mbarara. He studied both in Uganda and in Canada and obtained…

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