Hoima Catholic Diocese Releases Burial Program For Late Bishop Edward Baharagate
Hoima Catholic Diocese has released the burial programme for Bishop Emeritus Edward Albert Baharagate who passed on last week.
Bishop Baharagate, 93, died on April 5 at Nsambya Hospital in Kampala, where he had been admitted battling with serious health conditions.
According to Father Aiden Kasujja, the Chaplain of Hoima Diocese External Residents Association, Bishop Baharagate will be buried this Wednesday, April 12 at Hoima Cathedral with mass that will begin at 11 am.
Fr Kasujja further added that the body of the deceased will be transported to Masindi district on Monday evening and will arrive at St Jude town Church for mass at 6 pm with a vigil throughout the night
“On Tuesday, we shall proceed to Nyamikisa Parish for mass at 10 am. Then after, we shall travel to Hoima Cathedral for a vigil throughout the night,” he said.
“On Wednesday we shall have the final mass and sending off of our Lord Bishop at Hoima Cathedral and mass will begin at 11 am,” he added.
About Edward Baharagate
Bishop Albert Edward Baharagate was born on 25th February 1930 in Nyamigisa Village, in present-day Masindi District, in Bunyoro sub-region, in the Western Region of Uganda.
He has ordained a Priest on 7th December 1958 and was appointed as Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Hoima on 7th July 1969 and he resigned on 9th March 1991.
Baharagate was one of the 12 bishops who were consecrated on August 1, 1969, by Pope Paul VI during a colourful ceremony at Kololo Ceremonial Grounds in Kampala.
On 9th March 1991, he resigned as Bishop of Hoima and as of July 2019 and lived a quiet life after serving in various capacities including being the National Chairman of the Uganda Red Cross Society.
