15 Facts About Emmanuel Wamala

Emmanuel Wamala was born on 15 December 1926 and is a Ugandan Catholic prelate who served as the Archbishop of Kampala from 1990 to 2006.

Emmanuel Wamala attended elementary school in Kalisizo for four years, before he entered the Bukalasa National Minor Seminary in 1942.

Emmanuel Wamala was ordained a deacon on 15 August 1957 in Rome.

Emmanuel Wamala was ordained priest, on 21 December 1957, in the chapel of the Pontifical Collegio Urbaniano, Rome, by Archbishop Pietro Sigismondi, Titular Archbishop of Neapolis in Pisidia.

Emmanuel Wamala returned to Uganda in 1960 an was appointed to various roles including:.

Emmanuel Wamala was consecrated and installed as Bishop of Kiyinda-Mityana at Saint Noa Mawaggali Church, Mityana, Diocese of Kiyinda-Mityana.

Emmanuel Wamala was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the 2005 Papal Conclave that selected Pope Benedict XVI, but has lost the right to participate in any future conclave as a result of passing his eightieth birthday.

Emmanuel Wamala was succeeded in Kampala by Archbishop Cyprian Kizito Lwanga.

On 9 October 2021 Emmanuel Wamala attended the burial in Uganda of Monsignor Henry Kyabukasa, his 92 year old younger brother.

Emmanuel Wamala was buried at Bukalasa Minor Seminary in Kalungu District.

Cardinal Emmanuel Wamala is a Patron of the African Prisons Project, an international non-governmental organisation with a mission to bring dignity and hope to men, women and children in African prisons through health, education, justice and reintegration.

Archbishop Emmanuel Wamala was the President of the Episcopal Conference of Uganda from 1986 until 1994.

Emmanuel Wamala was the President of the Uganda Joint Christian Council.

Archbishop Emmanuel Wamala became the first Rector of the Uganda Martyrs University, officially opened on 18 October 1993.

Emmanuel Wamala retired as Archbishop of Kampala, on 19 August 2006 and lives on as Archbishop Emeritus of Kampala.