AMECEA: Chairman Condoles with Uganda Episcopal Conference for Loss of Bishop Emeritus Luluga
AMECEA Chairman Bishop Charles Kasonde
Sr. Jecinter Antoinette Okoth, FSSA
Following the death of Bishop Emeritus Martin Luluga who will be laid to rest this coming Wednesday, August 17, at Immaculate Heart of Mary Cathedral in Northern Uganda, the Chairman of the Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa (AMECEA) has sent condolences to the prelates and all the Christians of Uganda for the loss of Bishop Emeritus Luluga.
“We join you our brother bishops, the Uganda Episcopal Conference, the clergy and Religious of Nebbi, the entire Catholic Community in Uganda and the immediate family of the late Bishop Martin Luluga at this time of grief,” Bishop Charles Sampa Kasonde shared with AMECEA online in a condolence message, on behalf of the Eastern Africa prelates, on Thursday, August 11.
In a message addressed to the Chairman of Uganda Episcopal Conference (UEC) Bishop Joseph Anthony Zziwa of Kyinda Mityana Diocese, Bishop Kasonde who is the Local Ordinary of Solwezi Diocese, Zambia appreciated the work of the late Bishop and expressed the sad loss experienced by the entire region.
“AMECEA region has lost a great shepherd who has been at the service of the Church for 35 years. For the Family of God in Uganda, their memory of him may directly be related to his ministry in the Dioceses of Gulu (1987-1999) and Diocese of Nebbi (1999-2011) where he served as a Bishop,” the Zambian Prelate noted in his Thursday message.
He continued referencing the Gospel of Mathew the Apostle, “For us in AMECEA region, Bishop Luluga was a fervent disciple of God and a brother with whom we have journeyed together at regional level, sharing the joys and sorrows of our mission of making the Lord’s disciples in all the nations (Math. 28:19).”
The late Bishop Emeritus Luluga died on Saturday, July 30, at age 89. He was ordained priest of Arua Catholic Diocese, Uganda in 1963 and served as a Prelate for 35 years.
