Zac Niringiye
Zac Niringiye (born 1954) is a Ugandan Anglican theologian and pastor.
Biography
[edit]Niringiye was born in Bufumbira. After a first degree in physics and a teaching diploma at Makerere University, Niringiye completed an MA at Wheaton College, Illinois in 1987 and a PhD at the University of Edinburgh in 1998, studying under T. Jack Thompson and David Kerr.[1][2]
Niringiye worked as regional director for the Church Missionary Society, promoting missionary work in the whole of Africa. He was then consecrated Assistant Bishop of Kampala in 2005,[3] taking an early retirement in 2012 to advocate for social justice in Uganda.[4][1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "D. Zac Niringiye". Regent College Summer Programs. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
- ^ Niringiye, David Zac (30 April 2016). The Church in the World: A Historical-Ecclesiological Study of the Church of Uganda with Particular Reference to Post-Independence Uganda, 1962-1992. Langham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-78368-136-5.
- ^ Waimiri, Justus (23 August 2004). "Provincial Secretary and CMS official named new bishops in Uganda". www.anglicannews.org. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
- ^ "Bishop Niringiye to retire 7 years early". The Observer - Uganda. 29 January 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
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