Callistus Rubaramira
{{short description|Ugandan Catholic prelate}}
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| name = Callistus Rubaramira
| title = Bishop of Kabale
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| church = Roman Catholic Church
| archdiocese = Mbarara
| see = Kabale
| appointed = 15 March 2003
| term_start = 8 June 2003
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| predecessor = Robert Marie Gay
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| ordination = 18 May 1975
| consecration = 8 June 2003
| consecrated_by = Robert Marie Gay
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| rank = Bishop
| birth_name =Callistus Rubaramira
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| birth_place = Rubira-Kyanamira Village, Kabale District, Diocese of Kabale, Uganda
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Callistus Rubaramira (born 8 February 1950), is a Roman Catholic prelate, who is the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kabale, in Uganda. He was appointed bishop on 15 March 2003 by Pope John Paul II.{{cite web|url=https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bruba.html |title=MicroData Summary for Bishop Callistus Rubaramira (born 8 February 1950), Bishop of Kabale |date=25 February 2024 |access-date=8 January 2025 |work=Catholic-Hierarchy.org | author=David M. Cheney |location=Kansas City}}
Early life and education
Rubaramira was born on 8 February 1950, at Rubira-Kyanamira Village, in Kabale District in the Western Region of Uganda. This lies in Rushoroza Parish, in the Diocese of Kabale, a Suffragan diocese of the Metropolitan ecclesiastical province of Mbarara. His parents are Cyprion Kwigira and Seforoza Bamusibane. He is the second-born in a family of ten siblings (six brothers and three sisters). He attended Saint Francis Kyanamira Primary School for his primary education. He attended Saint Paul's Seminary Mutolere for his O-Level education. He completed his A-Level studies at Kitabi Seminary in Bushenyi.{{cite web|title=Reverend Rubaramira Lands More Than He Expected |work=New Vision |date=1 June 2003 |access-date=8 January 2025 |location=Kampala, Uganda|
url=https://www.newvision.co.ug/news/1267094/rev-rubaramira-lands-expected | author=Tolbert Musinguzi}}
He studied philosophy at St Thomas Aquinas National Major Seminary Katigondo, in Kalungu District, where he studied Philosophy. He then transferred to St. Mary's National Seminary, Ggaba, where he studied Theology. He graduated with a Bachelor's degree from Katigondo (BA in Philosophy) and from Ggaba (BA in Theology). Later he was awarded a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Portland in Oregon, in the United States.
==Priest==
He was ordained deacon on 29 December 1974. On 18 May 1975, he was ordained a priest of Kabale Diocese. He served as priest in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kabale until 15 March 2003.
Among the service roles that he has gone through as priest include:
- Parish priest and Apostolic Vicar in Rukungiri District
- Secretary to the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kabale
- Chancellor of the Diocese of Kabale
- Diocesan treasurer of the Diocese of Kabale
- Diocesan financial administrator of the Diocese of Kabale.
As bishop
He was appointed bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kabale, on 15 March 2003. He was consecrated as bishop on 8 June 2003 at Kabale by Bishop Robert Marie Gay, Bishop Emeritus of Kabale, assisted by Bishop Barnabas Rugwizangonga Halem ’Imana, Bishop Emeritus of Kabale and Archbishop Paul Kamuza Bakyenga, Archbishop of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mbarara.{{cite web|url=https://allafrica.com/stories/200306130700.html |
title=Uganda: New Kabale Bishop Consecrated |work=Catholic Information Service for Africa (CISA) |date=13 June 2003 |author=CISA |access-date=8 January 2025 |format=via AllAfrica.com |location=Nairobi, Kenya}}
On 25 August 2024 Bishop Callistus Rubaramira was installed as the chancellor of St. Ignatius University Kabale (IGUKA). The ceremony took place on the university's campus in Rusoroza, Kabale Municipality.{{cite web|url=https://www.informer.co.ug/bishop-callist-rubaramira-installed-iguka-inaugural-chancellor/ |title=Bishop Callist Rubaramira Installed IGUKA Inaugural Chancellor |work=The Informer Uganda |date=25 August 2024 |author=Cosma Niwandinda |
access-date=8 January 2025 |location=Rukungiri, Uganda}}
See also
Succession table
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| before = Robert Marie Gay (1996 - 2003)
| title = Bishop of Diocese of Kabale
| years = 2003 - present
| after = Incumbent
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References
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External links
- [https://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1433334/priests-warned-defiance Priests Warned Against Defiance] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190531222846/https://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1433334/priests-warned-defiance |date=31 May 2019 }} As of 22 August 2016.
- [http://www.radiomaria.org/kabale-substation-uganda-inaugurated/Kabale Radio Maria Substation in Kabale, Uganda Inaugurated] As of 8 December 2017.
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Category:21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in Uganda
Category:People from Kabale District