Type: | Bishop |
Barnabas Rugwizangonga Halem ’Imana | |
Bishop Emeritus of Kabale | |
Church: | Roman Catholic Church |
Archdiocese: | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mbarara |
See: | Roman Catholic Diocese of Kabale |
Appointed: | 29 May 1969 |
Term End: | 15 July 1994 |
Predecessor: | None |
Successor: | Robert Marie Gay |
Ordination: | 7 December 1958 |
Consecration: | 1 August 1969 |
Consecrated By: | Pope Paul VI |
Rank: | Bishop |
Birth Name: | Barnabas Rugwizangonga Halem ’Imana |
Birth Date: | 1 January 1929 |
Birth Place: | Rulangara, Kisoro District, Uganda |
Death Place: | Nsambya Hospital, Kampala, Uganda[1] |
Barnabas Rugwizangonga Halem ’Imana (1929–3 January 2016), was a Ugandan Roman Catholic priest who served as Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kabale from 1969 until 1994.[2]
Halem ’Imana was born in Rulangara, in present-day Kisoro District, in the Western Region of Uganda, in 1929.[2] He was ordained a priest on 7 December 1958 at Mbarara. He served as a priest at Mbarara until 1 February 1966, when he was transferred to Kabale. He served as a priest at Kabale until 29 May 1969, when he was appointed bishop.[2]
He was appointed Bishop of Kabale on 29 May 1969. He was ordained bishop 1 August 1969 by Pope Paul VI, assisted by Archbishop Sergio Pignedoli†, Titular Archbishop of Iconium and Archbishop Emmanuel Kiwanuka Nsubuga†, Archbishop of Kampala.[2]
He resigned as bishop on 15 July 1994. He died on 3 January 2016 at age 87 years.[1] [2]