Emmanuel Wamala

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}} {{Infobox Christian leader | type = Cardinal | honorific_prefix = [[His Eminence]] | name = Emmanuel Wamala | honorific_suffix = | title = [[Cardinal (Catholic Church)|Cardinal]]<br>[[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kampala|Archbishop Emeritus of Kampala]] | image = Emmanuel Wamala 2.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | church = Roman [[Catholic Church]] | archdiocese = Kampala | province = | metropolis = | diocese = | see = Kampala | elected = | appointed = 8 February 1990 | enthroned = | term =  | quashed = | retired = 19 August 2006 | predecessor = [[Emmanuel Kiwanuka Nsubuga]] | successor = [[Cyprian Kizito Lwanga]] | opposed = | other_post = Cardinal-Priest of [[Sant'Ugo]] (1994-) | ordination = 21 December 1957 | ordained_by = [[Pietro Sigismondi]] | consecration = 22 November 1981 | consecrated_by = Emmanuel Kiwanuka Nsubuga | cardinal = 26 November 1994 | created_cardinal_by = [[Pope John Paul II]] | rank = [[Cardinal-Priest]]  | birth_name = Emmanuel Wamala | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1926|12|15|df=yes}} | birth_place = Kamaggwa, Diocese of Masaka, [[Uganda]] | death_date =  | death_place =  | buried =  | resting_place_coordinates = | nationality = | religion = | residence = [[Nsambya]], Uganda | parents = | spouse =  | children = | occupation = | profession = | previous_post = {{unbulleted list|[[Roman Catholic Diocese of Kiyinda-Mityana|Bishop of Kiyinda-Mityana]] (1981-88)|Coadjuator Archbishop of Kampala (1988-90)}} | education = | alma_mater = [[Pontifical Urban University]]<br>[[Pontifical Gregorian University]] | motto = ''In te Domine speravi'' (In you, Lord, I have put my trust) | signature = | signature_alt = | coat_of_arms = | coat_of_arms_alt =  | feast_day = | venerated = | saint_title = | beatified_date = | beatified_place = | beatified_by = | canonized_date = | canonized_place = | canonized_by = | attributes = | patronage = | shrine = | suppressed_date =  | module = | other = }} {{Infobox cardinalstyles | name=Emmanuel Wamala | dipstyle= *[[Your Eminence]] *[[The Most Reverend]] | offstyle=His Eminence | relstyle= [[Archbishop]] | image = Coat of arms of Emmanuel Wamala.svg | image_size = 200px }} '''Emmanuel Wamala''' (born 15 December 1926) is a Ugandan Catholic prelate who served as the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kampala|Archbishop of Kampala]] from 1990 to 2006. He was made a [[Cardinal (Catholic Church)|cardinal]] in 1994.<ref name="1R">{{cite web|url=https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bwamala.html | title=MicroData Summary for Emmanuel Cardinal Wamala (born 15 December 1926), Archbishop Emeritus of Kampala |work=[[Catholic-Hierarchy.org]] |date=17 August 2024 |author=David M. Cheney |access-date=27 December 2024 |location=Kansas City}}</ref>

==Background and education== Wamala was born on 15 December 1926 in Kamaggwa Village, Lwaggulwe Parish, in [[Masaka District]], Uganda. He attended elementary school in [[Kalisizo]] for four years, before he entered the [[Bukalasa National Minor Seminary]] in 1942. After seven years in Bukalasa, he attended the [[Katigondo National Major Seminary]] from 1949 to 1955. He obtained a [[Bachelor of Theology]]. In September 1956, he was sent to [[Rome]] for further study at the [[Pontifical Urban University]], where he obtained a [[Master's degree|Licentiate]] in Theology. From 1962 to 1964 he took a course in [[pedagogy]] at [[Makerere University]], graduating with a [[diploma]] in the subject. Later, he took further educational courses in the [[United States]].<ref name="1R"/><ref name="2R">{{cite web| title=Biography of Cardinal Emmanuel Wamala Archbishop Emeritus of Kampala, Uganda |date=December 2024 |work=[[Holy See Press Office]] (HSPO) |access-date=27 December 2024 |author=HSPO |location=Vatican City | url=https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/documentation/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_wamala_e.html}}</ref>

==Priesthood== Wamala was ordained a deacon on 15 August 1957 in Rome. He was ordained priest, on 21 December 1957, in the chapel of the Pontifical Collegio Urbaniano, [[Rome]], by Archbishop [[Pietro Sigismondi]], Titular Archbishop of Neapolis in Pisidia. In the same ceremony [[Stephen Fumio Hamao]], future cardinal, was also ordained priest.<ref name="1R"/><ref name="2R"/> Also ordained priest at the same time, in the same place was [[Paul Lokiru Kalanda]], Bishop Emeritus of Fort Portal, Uganda.<ref name="3R">{{cite web| date=27 January 2008 |url=https://www.newvision.co.ug/news/1197335/wamala-eur-cassock |work=[[New Vision]] |title=Wamala's Fifty Years In The Cassock |author=Mathias Mazinga |access-date=27 December 2024 | location=Kampala, Uganda}}</ref>

He returned to Uganda in 1960 an was appointed to various roles including:<ref name="2R"/> * Inspector of diocesan schools in Masaka Catholic Diocese * Faculty member of the ''Bukalasa Minor Seminary'' * Chaplain, faculty member and rector of [[Makerere University]] * [[Vicar General]] of the diocese of Masaka from 1974 until 1981. * He was created [[Monsignor|Chaplain of His Holiness]] on 25 May 1977.<ref name="2R"/>

==Bishop== On 17 July 1981 [[Pope John Paul II]] appointed him bishop of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Kiyinda-Mityana]]. He was consecrated and installed as Bishop of Kiyinda-Mityana at ''Saint Noa Mawaggali Church'', [[Mityana]], Diocese of Kiyinda-Mityana. The ceremony was held on 22 November 1981. The Principal Consecrator was Cardinal [[Emmanuel Kiwanuka Nsubuga]], Archbishop of Kampala assisted by Bishop [[Adrian Kivumbi Ddungu]], Bishop of Masaka and Bishop [[Josef Stimpfle]], Bishop of [[Augsburg]].<ref name="1R"/><ref name="2R"/>

On 21 June 1988 Pope John Paul II appointed him [[Coadjutor Archbishop]] of Kampala. On 8 February 1990, Bishop Wamala succeeded as Archbishop of Kampala, following the retirement of Cardinal [[Emmanuel Kiwanuka Nsubuga]] earlier the same day.<ref name="1R"/><ref name="2R"/>

==Cardinal== On 26 November 1994 Pope John Paul II created him [[Cardinal (Catholic)|Cardinal]]. He was simultaneously appointed Cardinal-Priest of [[Sant'Ugo]]. He was one of the [[Cardinal electors in Papal conclave, 2005|cardinal electors]] who participated in the [[Papal conclave, 2005|2005 Papal Conclave]] that selected [[Pope Benedict XVI]], but has lost the right to participate in any future conclave as a result of passing his eightieth birthday. He was succeeded in Kampala by Archbishop [[Cyprian Kizito Lwanga]].<ref name="1R"/><ref name="2R"/>

On 9 October 2021 Wamala attended the burial in Uganda of [[Monsignor]] Henry Kyabukasa, his 92 year old younger brother. Kyabukasa was a former prelate of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Masaka and died at [[Villa Maria Hospital]] in [[Kalungu District]] on 6 October 2021. He was buried at ''Bukalasa Minor Seminary'' in Kalungu District.<ref name="4R">{{cite web| work=[[New Vision]] |date=8 October 2021 | url=https://www.newvision.co.ug/category/news/msgr-kyabukasa-to-be-buried-at-bukalasa-on-sa-NV_116735 |title=Msgr Kyabukasa To Be Buried At Bukalasa On Saturday |author=Mathias Mazinga |access-date=27 December 2024 |location=Kampala, Uganda}}</ref>

Cardinal Wamala is a Patron of the African Prisons Project, an international non-governmental organisation with a mission to bring dignity and hope to men, women and children in African prisons through health, education, justice and reintegration. Archbishop Emmanuel Wamala was the President of the [[Episcopal Conference of Uganda]] from 1986 until 1994. He was also the President of the Uganda Joint Christian Council. Archbishop Wamala became the first Rector of the [[Uganda Martyrs University]], officially opened on 18 October 1993.<ref name="2R"/>

He retired as Archbishop of Kampala, on 19 August 2006 and lives on as Archbishop Emeritus of Kampala.<ref name="1R"/><ref name="2R"/>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * [https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/national/cardinal-wamala-his-works-and-retirement-1749392 Cardinal Wamala, his works and retirement] * [https://observer.ug/news/praises-pour-in-for-cardinal-wamala-at-90/ Praises pour in for Cardinal Wamala at 90]

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