Zac Niringiye
Biography
Niringiye was born in Bufumbira. After a first degree in physics and a teaching diploma at Makerere University, Niringiye completed an MA at Wheaton College, Illinois in 1987 and a PhD at the University of Edinburgh in 1998, studying under T. Jack Thompson and David Kerr.{{cite web |title=D. Zac Niringiye |url=https://www.regent-college.edu/faculty/part-time-and-visiting/d-zac-niringiye |website=Regent College Summer Programs |access-date=19 February 2021 |language=en}}{{cite book |last1=Niringiye |first1=David Zac |title=The Church in the World: A Historical-Ecclesiological Study of the Church of Uganda with Particular Reference to Post-Independence Uganda, 1962-1992 |date=30 April 2016 |publisher=Langham Publishing |isbn=978-1-78368-136-5 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zXLnDwAAQBAJ |language=en}}
Niringiye worked as regional director for the Church Missionary Society, promoting missionary work in the whole of Africa. He was then consecrated Assistant Bishop of Kampala in 2005,{{cite news |last1=Waimiri |first1=Justus |title=Provincial Secretary and CMS official named new bishops in Uganda |url=https://www.anglicannews.org/news/2004/08/provincial-secretary-and-cms-official-named-new-bishops-in-uganda.aspx |access-date=19 February 2021 |work=www.anglicannews.org |date=23 August 2004}} taking an early retirement in 2012 to advocate for social justice in Uganda.{{cite news |title=Bishop Niringiye to retire 7 years early |url=https://observer.ug/news-headlines/16871-bishop-niringiye-to-retire-7-years-early |access-date=19 February 2021 |work=The Observer - Uganda |date=29 January 2012 |language=en-gb}}
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