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Africa-Press<\/a> – Uganda<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>On December 16, 1996, as Kampala Archdiocese priests numbering about 150 were having a picnic and enjoying the cool breeze of Lake Victoria at Nabinoonya Beach, Kisubi, then Archbishop of Kampala Emmanuel Cardinal Wamala made a very important announcement.<\/p>\n

He revealed that Pope John Paul II had decided to reduce the size of the vast Kampala Archdiocese, carving out two new dioceses of Lugazi and Kasana-Luweero.<\/p>\n

The pope had also appointed auxiliary Bishop Mathias Ssekamaanya to head the new diocese of Lugazi, while the cardinal\u2019s private secretary, Msgr Cyprian Kizito Lwanga, had been elevated to a bishop and chosen to take over at Kasana-Luweero.<\/p>\n

Later that afternoon, all roads led to Lubaga Cathedral for a thanksgiving service and on March 1, 1997, Msgr Lwanga was consecrated bishop of Kasana Luweero by Cardinal Wamala.<\/p>\n

During the consecration, Cardinal Wamala remarked that the birth of the new diocese was a major step in the many years of evangelisation of the region, which he said had started with the founding of Nandere Mission in 1889 by the Missionaries of Africa.<\/p>\n

The cardinal wished the new bishop a successful ministry, reminding him of what the Lord once said to Joshua- \u201cBe strong and of good courage: I will be with you.\u201d (Dent 31:23)But how did he feel about receiving the news of his elevation and posting to Kasana-Luweero? Like any human being, he at first could not stop panicking.<\/p>\n

In an interview he gave shortly after, Dr Lwanga told the First Ugandan chancellor of Kampala Archdiocese, Msgr Charles Kimbowa: \u201c I was at first very scared. I had never imagined being appointed a bishop. I was also scared of the huge task such appointment requires.\u201d or the people of Kasana-Luweero, breaking away from Kampala Archdiocese and getting a new diocese was such great news and reason for rejoicing.<\/p>\n

Besides, the newly appointed bishop was no stranger to them, having once been private secretary to late Emmanuel Cardinal Nsubuga and later to his successor Emmanuel Cardinal Wamala.<\/p>\n

When he first arrived at Kasana-Luweero, Dr Lwanga met with obstacles and major challenges, especially those associated with war-torn areas \u2013 poverty, low school attendance and ill-equipped health centres.<\/p>\n

A vast part of the new diocese was part of the infamous Luweero Triangle, the war zone for both National Resistance Army (NRA) and government forces.<\/p>\n

As if this was not enough, the newly-created diocese appeared bigger in size than what remained of the mother Kampala Archdiocese.<\/p>\n

To his surprise, the diocese had only 25 priests and more than 20 nuns.Many schools in the new diocese were in a sorry state, while the few health centres left a lot to be desired.<\/p>\n

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