{{Short description|Leader of the Church of Uganda from 1966 to 1974}} {{Infobox Christian leader | type = Archbishop | honorific-prefix = The Most Reverend | name = Erica Sabiti | title = Archbishop of Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and Boga-Zaire | church = Anglican Communion | province = Church of Uganda | diocese = Kampala | elected = 1966 | term = 1966–1974 | predecessor = Leslie Brown | successor = Janani Luwum | ordination = 1933 (deacon); 1934 (priest) | consecration = 1960 (Bishop of Rwenzori) | birth_name = Erica Sabiti | birth_date = {{circa|1900s}} (exact year uncertain) | birth_place = Nkore (Ankole), Uganda | death_date = 15 May 1988 | death_place = Kinoni, Uganda | nationality = Ugandan | religion = Anglicanism | alma_mater = King's College Budo; Makerere College | spouse = Georgina Kachandra (m. 1925; died 1925), Geraldine Sabiti (m. 1930) | children = 7 }} '''Erica Sabiti''' was archbishop of Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and Boga-Zaire<ref>{{Cite web |title=Archives of the Church of Uganda Online — Brill |url=https://primarysources.brillonline.com/browse/archives-of-the-church-of-uganda/archbishop-of-uganda/general-file |access-date=2025-12-16 |website=primarysources.brillonline.com}}</ref> from 1966 to 1974.<ref>{{Cite web |last=H |first=Osborn, H. |date=1903–1988 |title=Sabiti, Erica |url=https://dacb.org/stories/uganda/sabiti-erica/ |access-date=2025-12-16 |website=Dictionary of African Christian Biography |language=en}}</ref>
== Early life ==
Sabiti's year of birth is uncertain, but sources agree that he was born before 1908.<ref name="EA">{{Cite web |title=Episcopal News Service: Press Release # 88114 |url=https://digitalarchives.episcopalarchives.org/cgi-bin/ENS/ENSpress_release.pl?pr_number=88114 |access-date=2025-12-16 |website=digitalarchives.episcopalarchives.org}}</ref><ref name="NV">{{Cite web |last=Reporter |first=Vision |title=Anglican Archbishops through the decades |url=https://www.newvision.co.ugnull/ |access-date=2025-12-16 |website=New Vision }}{{Dead link|date=February 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref> He was born in Nkore (later known as Ankole) in today's South-Western Uganda and was educated at King's College Budo and Makerere College.<ref name=EA />
== Career == Sabiti taught in a primary school before being ordained deacon in 1933 and priest in 1934. After 26 years of serving the church in Uganda, he was consecrated Bishop of Rwenzori and Dean in 1960.<ref>''Crockford's Clerical Directory 1980–82'' p894 London: OUP, 1983 {{ISBN|0-19-200010-1}}</ref>
In 1966, he became the first Ugandan Archbishop.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bristol |first=Diocese of |title=Bristol Uganda Link - Diocese of Bristol |url=https://www.bristol.anglican.org/aboutus/bristoluganda/ |access-date=2025-12-16 |website=www.bristol.anglican.org |language=en}}</ref>
He became the first bishop of Kampala in 1972 and served for two years until his retirement in 1974.<ref>{{Cite web |title=COU Celebrating 60 Years of Self-Governance {{!}} Church of Uganda |url=https://churchofuganda.org/blog/2021/04/21/cou-historical-overview/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240221103632/https://churchofuganda.org/blog/2021/04/21/cou-historical-overview/ |archive-date=2024-02-21 |access-date=2025-12-16 |website=churchofuganda.org |language=en-US |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Sabiti died in Kinoni, Uganda, on May 15 1988.<ref name=EA />
== Family == In 1925, he married Georgina Kachandra; she died the same year and he remarried in 1930.<ref name=NV />
He and his wife Geraldine had seven children.<ref name=EA />
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== External links == *[https://www.gafcon.org/news/the-9th-archbishop-of-the-church-of-uganda-elected Global Anglican website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240625221246/https://www.gafcon.org/news/the-9th-archbishop-of-the-church-of-uganda-elected |date=2024-06-25 }} ''The 9th Archbishop of the Church of Uganda Elected'', article by The Rt. Rev. Edison Irigei *[https://nru.uncst.go.ug/bitstream/handle/123456789/4542/PROMOTING%20GENDER%20EQUALITY.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y The National Research Repository of Uganda website] ''Celebrating A Hundred Years of Service Building a Great Future: The Legacy of Bishop Tucker Theological College'', edited by Christopher Byaruhanga and Olivia Nassaka Banja (2013)
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