Livingstone Mpalanyi Nkoyoyo
{{Short description|Ugandan Anglican bishop (1995-2004)}}
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| honorific-prefix = The Most Reverend
| name = Livingstone Mpalanyi Nkoyoyo
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| title = Archbishop of Uganda and Bishop of Kampala
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| native_name = Mpalanyi Nkoyooyo
| native_name_lang = Luganda
| church = Church of Uganda
| archdiocese = Kampala
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| term_start = 1994
| term_end = 24 January 2004
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| successor = Henry Luke Orombi
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1938|10|04}}
| birth_place = Namukozi, Mityana
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2018|01|04|1938|10|04}}
| death_place = Kampala Hospital
| buried = Namugongo
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| spouse = Ruth Nalweyiso
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Livingstone Mpalanyi Nkoyoyo (4 October 1938{{cite book| accessdate=10 January 2018| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bMt8AAAAMAAJ&q=Livingstone+Mpalanyi+1938 |title=Doors of Opportunity: Issues in Personal Development and Achievement | author=Livingstone Sebunya |location=Kampala |publisher=MK Publishers Uganda Limited |date=2002 |page=7|isbn = 9789970040933}} – 5 January 2018) was a Ugandan Anglican bishop. He served as the Archbishop and Primate of the Church of Uganda from 1995 to 2004. He was married to Ruth Nalweyiso, since 1965 until his death, and the couple had five children, of which one died before him.{{cite web| accessdate=10 January 2018 | url=https://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1468506/archbishop-nkoyoyo-dead |title=Retired Archbishop Nkoyoyo is dead | date=5 January 2018 | last=Jackie Nalubwama |first=and Carol Kasujja |newspaper=New Vision |location=Kampala}}
Early life
Nkoyoyo was one of the 25 children of Erisa Wamala Nkoyoyo, a sub-county Chief during Sekabaka Edward Mutesa II's reign. He grew up in a wealthy family, since his father was a rich landowner.{{cite web|location=Kampala | url=http://www.newz.ug/retired-archbishop-livingstone-mpalanyi-nkoyoyo-is-dead/ | title=Retired Archbishop Livingstone Mpalanyi Nkoyoyo is dead |accessdate=10 January 2017 |
date=5 January 2018 |publisher=Newz.ug |author=Newz.ug}} He studied at Mpenja Primary School, in Gomba, Aggrey Memorial School and Mityana Junior Secondary School. He moved a lot due to his father's work and had to leave school after completing Junior Secondary School. He then started working as an auto mechanic, for which he kept a lifelong interest.{{cite web| url=http://ntv.co.ug/news/local/05/jan/2018/profile-who-was-arch-bishop-livingstone-mpalanyi-nkoyoyo-21785#sthash.xZ6kCCiR.dpbs |title=Profile: Who was Arch-Bishop Livingstone Mpalanyi Nkoyoyo? |accessdate=10 January 2018 |
date=6 January 2018 |publisher=Nation Television Uganda (NTV Uganda) |author=NTV Uganda |location=Kampala}}
Ecclesiastical career
He felt his religious calling at a youth camp, at Ndoddo Church, in Gomba District. Shortly after, he became a full-time minister, starting as a church teacher. After attending an ordination training course, he was ordained an Anglican deacon, at Namugongo, on 3 June 1969.{{cite web | url=http://www.anglican.ink/article/livingstone-nkoyoyo-dead-80 | title=Livingstone Nkoyoyo dead at 80 | date=5 January 2018 | accessdate=10 January 2018 | publisher=Anglican.ink | author=Church of Uganda Communications Office | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180106120407/http://www.anglican.ink/article/livingstone-nkoyoyo-dead-80 | archive-date=6 January 2018 | url-status=dead }}
He served as a Suffragan Bishop in Namirembe Diocese, becoming the first Bishop of the Diocese of Mukono, in 1983. He was elected to the House of Bishops of the Church of Uganda to be their 6th Archbishop and Primate, in 1995. He would be in office until 24 January 2004. He was awarded the Bible Leadership Excellence Award by the Bible Society of Uganda, in 2015.
Death
He had successful treatment for cancer in Great Britain in early 2017. He died of pneumonia, at Kampala Hospital, aged 79 years old.{{cite web|accessdate=10 January 2018 |url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Retired-Archbishop-Nkoyoyo-dies/688334-4251942-155lluj/index.html |title=Retired Archbishop Nkoyoyo is dead | date=5 January 2018 |
newspaper=Daily Monitor |first=Ephraim | last=Kasozi | location=Kampala}} He was laid to rest at the Uganda Martyrs Anglican Shrine in Namugongo, on 9 January 2018.{{cite web|date=8 January 2018|accessdate=10 January 2018 |url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Museveni-religious-leaders-Archbishop-Nkoyoyo/688334-4254918-38w4r0z/index.html | title=Museveni, religious leaders pay tribute to Archbishop Nkoyoyo |newspaper=Daily Monitor | last=Misairi Thembo Kahungu}}
See also
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20180106120407/http://www.anglican.ink/article/livingstone-nkoyoyo-dead-80 Livingstone Nkoyoyo dead at 80, Anglican Ink, 5 January 2018]
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{{s-ttl|| title= Primate of the Anglican Church of Uganda| years=1995-2004}}
{{s-aft | after= Henry Luke Orombi}}
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