Most Reverend Lambert Bainomugisha
Archbishop
Archbishop Lambert Bainomugisha was born on 12 July 1961 in Kashumba, Isingiro District. He is the second of eight children, four of whom are still living. His parents were Joseph Mugyenyi (late) and Maltida Kahwa.
Archbishop of Mbarara
Educational Background
- Buhungiro Church School (1970-71)
- Kyabahesi Church School (1972-74)
- Kiyenje Primary School (1975-1977)
- St. Francis Xavier, Kitabi Minor Seminary, Bushenyi District (1978)
- Philosophical studies at St. Thomas Aquinas, Katigondo Major Seminary, Masaka (1984-87)
- Theological studies at St. Mary’s Ggaba National Seminary, Kampala (1988-1991)
- Doctorate in Canon Law from St. Paul’s University, Ottawa, Canada (1994-2000)
Sacred Orders
Archbishop Bainomugisha was ordained a priest of Mbarara Diocese at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Cathedral, Nyamitanga by Bishop Paul K. Bakyenga on 13th July 1991. He was nominated by Pope Benedict XVI as the Auxiliary Bishop of Mbarara with the titular See of Tacia Montana on 2nd July 2005, and received his Episcopal Ordination on 1st October 2005.
He served as Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Hoima from 13th November 2009 to 29th February 2016. Following this, he returned to the Archdiocese of Mbarara as Auxiliary Bishop. On 25th April 2020, Pope Francis elected him as the new Archbishop and Metropolitan of Mbarara. He took canonical possession of the Archdiocese on 20th June 2020.
Apostolate and Pastoral Ministry
- Curate at St. Joseph the Worker, Rubindi Parish (1991-1994)
- Chancellor of the Archdiocese of Mbarara (2000-2005)
- Chaplain at Corpus Christi Chaplaincy, Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST) (2000-2003)
- Chaplain of the Generalate of the Sisters of Our Lady of Good Counsel of Mbarara
- Chaplain of the Poor Clares Monastery, Nyamitanga