Daniel Steven Kimbugwe Kajumba (born 20 November 1952,

Uganda }), is a landlocked country in East Africa East Africa, Eastern Africa, or East of Africa, is the eastern subregion of the African continent. In the United Nations Statistics Division scheme of geographic regions, 10-11-(16*) territor ...

) is an

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priest A priest is a religious leader authorized to perform the sacred rituals of a religion, especially as a mediatory agent between humans and one or more deities. They also have the authority or power to administer religious rites; in particu ...

. Since 2001, he has been the

Archdeacon of Reigate The Archdeacons in the Diocese of Southwark are senior clergy in the Church of England in South London and Surrey. They currently include: the archdeacons of Southwark, of Reigate (formerly of Kingston-on-Thames) and of Lewisham & Greenwich (f ...

. Kajumba was educated at school in

and also has a degree from the

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; and was

ordained Ordination is the process by which individuals are consecrated, that is, set apart and elevated from the laity class to the clergy, who are thus then authorized (usually by the denominational hierarchy composed of other clergy) to perform va ...

after earlier jobs in the caring professions in 1986. After a

curacy A curate () is a person who is invested with the ''care'' or ''cure'' (''cura'') ''of souls'' of a parish. In this sense, "curate" means a parish priest; but in English-speaking countries the term ''curate'' is commonly used to describe clergy w ...

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he worked in his home country until 1998. He was then

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until his

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's appointment. He was appointed as a member of the board of governors of

Monkton Combe School (Thy Word is Truth) , established = , type = Public schoolIndependent schoolBoarding school , founder = The Revd Francis Pocock , head_label = Head Master , head ...

in 2004. Kajumba's retirement was announced as 23 February 2016.Diocese of Southwark — Archdeacon of Reigate to retire
(Accessed 23 January 2016)

References

1952 births Ugandan Anglican priests Archdeacons of Reigate Governors of Monkton Combe School Living people {{Uganda-bio-stub