Erica Sabiti was
Archbishop of Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and Boga-Zaire from 1966 to 1974.
Kagwisagye Sabiti was born in 1907 in Nkore (later known as
Ankole) in today's South-Western Uganda. He was educated at
King's College Budo
King’s College Budo is a mixed, residential,
secondary school in Central Uganda (Buganda).
Location
The school is located on Naggalabi Hill, in southern Wakiso District, off the Kampala-Masaka Road. This location lies approximately , by road, ...
and Makerere College. He was
ordained
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deacon
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in 1933 and
priest
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in 1934. After 26 years of serving the church in Uganda, he was consecrated
Bishop of Rwenzori and Dean in 1960.
['' Crockford's Clerical Directory 1980–82'' p894 London: ]OUP
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, 1983
References
20th-century Anglican bishops in Africa
20th-century Anglican archbishops
Anglican archbishops of Uganda
Uganda Christian University alumni
Anglican bishops of Rwenzori
Anglican deans in Africa
People educated at King's College Budo
Ankole people
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