Archbishop Stanley Ntagali. Photo Credit: Chris Dobson
Makerere University is set to establish a Centre of Excellence in honor of Archbishop Stanley Ntagali.
This is according to Prof. Eria Hisali, the Principal of Makerere University’s College of Business and Management Sciences (COBAMS) who represented the Vice Chancellor Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe at the Archbishop’s farewell service organised by St Francis Chapel, Makerere on Saturday.
“The Lord has abundantly blessed Archbishop Ntagali and as such, a lot has been achieved under his leadership. The Centre of Excellence will be to keep his legacy alive,” Prof Hisali said, according to a release from Church of Uganda.
“I am blessed to have heard a lot of your sermons Your Grace. They were so inspiring and transformational. You are leaving behind a very powerful legacy and we want to thank the Lord for enabling you to achieve all those landmark achievements,” Prof Hisali continued.
According to the release, the Centre of Excellence will focus on either research, conflict resolution or peace studies depending on Archbishop Ntagali’s wish.
Stanley Ntagali was elected Archbishop by the House of Bishops of the Church of Uganda on 22nd June 2012 and enthroned on 16th December 2012.
The father of five is set to retire on 1st March 2020 when he clocks the Church of Uganda’s Constitutional retirement age of 65 years, and will hand over to Rt Rev Dr Samuel Stephen Kazimba Mugalu.
In his remarks at the farewell service, St Francis Chapel’s Chaplain, Rev Onesimus Asiimwe applauded Archbishop Ntagali for his “tremendous achievements in the spiritual realm which have also been manifested in physical infrastructure.”
During his time in office, Ntagali fronted the completion of Archbishop Janani Luwum Church House which had stalled for 40 years.
Rev Onesimus Asiimwe thanked Archbishop Ntagali for the establishment of Uganda Martyrs Museum in Namugongo, construction of All Saints Cathedral Kampala, his firm stand for the authority of Scripture against same sex unions, his focus on Missions, Evangelism, Family life Ministry, Insurance of clergy and Christians through the KIDO Program, creation of new Dioceses, revitalization of Youth and Students Ministry and maintaining peace in the entire Province.
On his part, the release says, Archbishop Stanley Ntagali appreciated the cordial relationship between Makerere University Management and the Church.
He welcomed the idea of the University establishing a Centre of Excellence in his honor and pledged total support to see the idea come to fruition.
