Henry Apaloryamam Ssentongo (30 November 1936 – 11 December 2019) was a Ugandan Roman Catholic priest who served as the Bishop of the

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, from 30 March 1992 until 20 February 2014.

Background and priesthood

Ssentongo was born on 30 November 1936 in Villa Maria, in present-day

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, in the Buganda Region of

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. He attended Kalungu Primary School and then Villa Maria Primary School, before joining Bukalasa Seminary. Ssentongo then joined Katigondo Major Seminary for one and half years before he was offered a scholarship to

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in 1957. On 21 December 1963, he was ordained a priest by Cardinal Grégoire-Pierre XV (François) Agagianian†, Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola. He served as priest in the

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until 15 December 1988.

As bishop

Ssentongo was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Masaka and Titular Bishop of Pupiana on 15 December 1988. He was consecrated a bishop on 18 March 1989, by Bishop

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†, Bishop of Masaka assisted by Archbishop

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, Coadjutor Archbishop of Kampala and Bishop

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†, Bishop of Moroto. Ssentongo served in that capacity until 30 March 1992. On 30 March 1992 Bishop Henry Apaloryamam Ssentongo was appointed Bishop of Moroto, serving there until his retirement of 20 February 2014. He spent his retirement as Bishop Emeritus of Moroto, at Bikira Parish, in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Masaka.

Other responsibilities

Bishop Ssentongo was a member of the board of trustees of Uganda Joint Medical Store, in

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, Kampala, and was member of the board of directors of Pax Insurance Limited, also in Kampala.

Illness and death

On the night of 11 December 2019, Bishop Emeritus Henry Apaloryamam Ssentongo died at

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, where he had been admitted earlier. He was buried at Bukalasa Minor Seminary Cemetery, in Kalungu District, at 2 pm on Monday, 16 December 2019. He was 83 years old.

Succession table

References

External links

Profile of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Moroto

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