White Fathers’ formation house rector in Ghana appointed bishop of Uganda’s Kabale Diocese

The Holy Father has appointed Reverend Bonaventure Bosco Gubazire, M.Afr., until now rector of the St. Martin of Tours Formation House in Ejisu, Ghana, as the new bishop of the Diocese of Kabale, Uganda.

The appointment was announced alongside the acceptance of the resignation from the pastoral care of the Diocese of Kabale presented by Bishop Callist Rubaramira.

Bishop-elect Gubazire, a member of the Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers), was born on 3 March 1974 in Kitumba, Diocese of Kabale.

After attending St. Paul’s Minor Seminary in Rushoroza, he obtained a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy and religious studies from the Philosophy Centre in Jinja, and in theology from the Institut Catholique of Toulouse.

He joined the postulate of the Missionaries of Africa and was ordained a priest on 10 August 2003.

After his ordination, he first served as parish vicar of Nossa Senhora de Fatima in Murraça, Mozambique, from 2003 to 2007. During the same period, he was director of the school for adult education in Murraça and Caia, and a member of the Council of the Section of the Missionaries of Africa in Mozambique from 2005 to 2007.

In 2008, he attended a course in formation of formators and spiritual accompaniment at the Centre Spirituel Jésuite Le Châtelard in Lyon, France, before obtaining a licentiate in philosophy from the Milltown Institute of Philosophy in Dublin from 2008 to 2010.

He later served as professor and dean of studies at the Lechaptois Formation House in Balaka, Malawi, from 2010 to 2013. From 2011 to 2016, he was delegate for the Protection of Minors in the Malawi Section, and served as interim rector of the Lechaptois Formation House in Balaka from 2013 to 2015.

After attending a course in biblical formation at St. Anne’s Formation Centre in Jerusalem in 2014, he was awarded a doctorate in philosophy at the University of San Carlos in Cebu, Philippines, from 2016 to 2020.

From 2017 to 2020, he served as coordinator and chaplain of the Friends of Missionaries of Africa and was a member of the Council of the Asia Section in Cebu, Philippines. He also served as rector of Our Lady of Africa Formation House Seminary in Cebu from 2019 to 2020.

In Ghana, Bishop-elect Gubazire has served as dean of studies at Spiritan University College in Ejisu since 2021 and as rector of the house of philosophical formation of the St. Martin of Tours Formation House in Ejisu since 2023.

Since 2025, he has also been a member of the Provincial Council of the Province of Ghana-Nigeria of the Missionaries of Africa.

The Diocese of Kabale is located in southwestern Uganda and is part of the ecclesiastical province of Mbarara.