Paul Lokiru Kalanda (27 February 1927 – 19 August 2015) was a

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priest who served as Bishop of the Diocese of Moroto from 1980 until 1991 and as Bishop of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Fort Portal The Roman Catholic Diocese of Fort Portal ( la, Arcis Portal) is a diocese located in the city of Fort Portal in the Ecclesiastical province of Mbarara in Uganda. The Catholic Diocese of Fort Portal formerly belonging to Rwenzori Vicariate was ...

from 1991 until 2003.

Background and priesthood

Kalanda was born on 27 February 1927 at ''Buwunde Village'', Kyannamukaaka sub-county, in present-day

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, in the Buganda Region of Uganda. He was ordained priest on 21 December 1957. He served as priest in the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Masaka The Roman Catholic Diocese of Masaka ( la, Masakaën(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Masaka in the Ecclesiastical province of Kampala in Uganda. History * May 25, 1939: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Masaka from the Apostolic ...

until 29 November 1980, when he was appointed bishop.

As bishop

He was appointed Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Moroto, in Uganda, on 29 November 1980. He was consecrated bishop on 22 March 1981, by Cardinal Emmanuel Kiwanuka Nsubuga†, Archbishop of

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, assisted by Bishop Adrian Kivumbi Ddungu†, Bishop of

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and Bishop

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†, Apostolic Vicar of Bahr el-Gebel. On 17 June 1991, Kalanda was appointed Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fort Portal, serving in that capacity until he retired on 18 March 2003. He died on 19 August 2015, as Bishop Emeritus of Fort Portal, Uganda, at the age of 88 years and 5 months.

References

External links

Profile of the Diocese of Fort Portal
1927 births 2015 deaths 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Uganda 21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in Uganda People from Masaka District Roman Catholic bishops of Moroto Roman Catholic bishops of Fort Portal {{Uganda-bio-stub