Robert Marie Gay (22 January 1927 – 29 June 2016) was a Canadian-born Ugandan Roman Catholic prelate. He was the second bishop of the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Kabale from 1996 to 2003.
Background and priesthood
Gay was born in
Ottawa
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,
Ontario
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on 22 January 1927. He joined the missionary congregation of the Missionaries of Africa and on 30 January 1954 was ordained as priest. He served as Superior General of
Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers), from 1980 until 1986.
As bishop
Gay was appointed as bishop by the
Pope John Paul II
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on 11 January 1996. He was
consecrated
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to the
Episcopate
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In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...
on 9 March 1996. The principal
consecrator was Cardinal
Emmanuel Wamala
Emmanuel Wamala (born 15 December 1926) is a Ugandan cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, and former Archbishop of Kampala from 1990 to 2006. He is currently serving as the Cardinal-Priest of Sant'Ugo, appointed in 1994.
Priesthood
Wamala w ...
, Archbishop of the
Archdiocese of Kampala
The Archdiocese of Kampala is the Metropolitan See for the Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical province of Kampala in Uganda.
History
The present Kampala Archdiocese is the result of territorial changes:
* Victoria Nyanza Vicariate (1883). It was e ...
, assisted by Bishop
Barnabas Rugwizangonga Halem ’Imana, Bishop Emeritus of Kabale and Bishop
Paul Kamuza Bakyenga, Bishop of
Mbarara
Mbarara City is a city in the Western Region of Uganda and the second largest city in Uganda after Kampala. The city is divided into 6 boroughs of Kakoba Division, Kamukuzi Division, Nyamitanga Division, Biharwe Division, Kakiika Division, Nyakay ...
. Bisop Gay retired on 15 March 2003.
Sickness and death
Gay died on 29 June 2016 at Passages Hospice, in
Sherbrooke
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,
Quebec
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,
Canada
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, at the age of 89 years.
See also
*
Uganda Martyrs
*
Roman Catholicism in Uganda
References
External links
Profile of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kabale
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1927 births
2016 deaths
Canadian emigrants
Immigrants to Uganda
20th-century Canadian Roman Catholic priests
Clergy from Ottawa
20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Uganda
21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in Uganda
Roman Catholic bishops of Kabale