Emmanuel Nsubuga

For the Ugandan Olympic boxer, see Emmanuel Nsubuga (boxer).

Emmanuel Kiwanuka Nsubuga (5 November 1914 – 20 April 1991) was a Uganda Catholic prelate who served as the first Archbishop of Kampala from 1966 to 1990 and as a cardinal from 1976 until his death.^[1][2] He was an outspoken critic of human rights abuses of the military dictatorship of Idi Amin.^[3]

His Eminence Emmanuel Kiwanuka Nsubuga
Archbishop Emeritus of Kampala
Portrait image Emmanuel Cardinal Kiwankuka Nsubuga (1984)
Church	Roman Catholic Church
Archdiocese	Kampala
See	Kampala
Appointed	5 August 1966
Term ended	8 February 1990
Predecessor	Vincent Billington
Successor	Emmanuel Wamala
Other post(s)	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria Nuova (1976-91)
Previous post(s)	President of the Ugandan Episcopal Conference (1969-75)
Orders
Ordination	15 December 1946
Consecration	30 October 1966 by Laurean Rugambwa
Created cardinal	24 May 1976 by Pope Paul VI
Rank	Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born	Emmanuel Kiwanuka Nsubuga 5 November 1914 Kisule, Uganda
Died	20 April 1991(1991-04-20) (aged 76) Cologne, Germany
Motto	Mater profer lumen caecis

During Amin's rule, Nsubuga spoke against the government's human rights abuses. He also encouraged priests and nuns throughout the country to shelter people fleeing harassment by the army during the civil war that later raged during the Government of Milton Obote.^[2]

He was succeeded in 1990 as Archbishop of Kampala by Emmanuel Wamala, who became a cardinal in 1994.

Card of his Eminence Emmanuel Nsubuga (Sept. 1984)

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by New diocese	Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Kampala 1966–1990	Succeeded by Emmanuel Wamala