KAMPALA: The Uganda Episcopal Conference and Kampala Archdiocese have both clarified that Emmanuel Cardinal Wamala is not dead, dismissing social media rumours that circulated on Tuesday morning.
In a telephone conversation on Tuesday, February 1, Msgr. John B. Kauta, Secretary-General of the Uganda Episcopal Conference, and Fr. Pius Male, the Chancellor of the Kampala Archdiocese, said the Cardinal, who retired as Archbishop of Kampala 16 years ago in 2006, was well and at home.
The Cardinal, who celebrated his 95th birthday in December 2021, lives in Nsambya for his retirement.
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“The Cardinal is well,” Fr. Pius Male told theKampalaReport.com.
“Kindly disregard any information to the contrary,” Msgr. Kauta, who speaks for the Catholic Bishops Conference, also said.
Cardinal Wamala, Archbishop emeritus of Kampala, was born on December 15, 1926, at Kamaggwa in the Diocese of Masaka.
He was ordained a priest on December 21, 1957, in Rome.
On July 17, 1981, he was appointed Bishop of Kiyinda-Mityana. On November 22, 1981, he was ordained by Cardinal Emmanuel Nsubuga.
On June 21, 1988, he was promoted to the rank of Coadjutor Bishop of Kampala.
On February 8, 1990, he succeeded Cardinal Nsubuga.
He was created and proclaimed Cardinal by St. John Paul II in the consistory of November 26, 1994, of the Title of S. Ugo (St. Hugh).
He retired as Archbishop of Kampala on August 19, 2006.
He participated in the conclave of April 2005, which elected Pope Benedict XVI.
