By Anthony Kushaba
apearlnews.com
Rt.Rev.Benon Magezi,the north Kigezi diocesan Bishop is dead.
The news of his dead was made public by the Archbishop of the Church of Uganda His Grace Stephen Kaziimba Mugalu in a statement issued by the Provincial Secretary Rev Canon William Ongeng indicating that , Bishop Benon Magezi died on 15th June after a short illness at Mbarara regional referral hospital.
Consecrated and enthroned as Bishop on 8th January 2017 at Emmanuel Cathedral, Kinyasano, Rukungiri , Magezi was still serving and had Prior to his election as Bishop, served as Diocesan Treasurer of North Kigezi Diocese.
After being ordained a deacon in December 1991 and a priest the following year, Magezi was Bachelor of graduate from the Bishop Tucker School of Divinity and Theology now Uganda Christian University.