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Baharagate Akiiki died at Nsambya hospital in [[Kampala]], on 5 April 2023, at the age of 93.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Atukunda |first=Rogers |date=2023-04-06 |title=Hoima Bishop Rt Rev Baharagate is Dead |url=https://softpower.ug/hoima-bishop-rt-rev-baharagate-is-dead/ |access-date=2025-12-17 |website=SoftPower News |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Reporter |first=NewVision |date=2023-04-06 |title=News: Leaders pay tribute to Bishop Baharagate |url=https://www.newvision.co.ug/category/news/leaders-pay-tribute-to-bishop-baharagate-NV_157688 |access-date=2025-12-17 |website=New Vision}}</ref> He was buried at Bujumbura episcopal mausoleum on Thursday, April 13, 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-04-13 |title=Bishop Baharagate laid to rest |url=https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/national/bishop-baharagate-laid-to-rest-4197414 |access-date=2025-12-17 |website=Monitor |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Bishop Baharagate Laid to Rest : |url=https://ugandaradionetwork.net/story/bishop-baharagate-laid-to-rest |access-date=2025-12-17 |website=Uganda Radionetwork |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Independent |first=The |date=2023-04-13 |title=Bishop Baharagate laid to rest |url=https://www.independent.co.ug/bishop-baharagate-laid-to-rest/ |access-date=2025-12-17 |website=The Independent Uganda: |language=en-US}}</ref> |
Baharagate Akiiki died at Nsambya hospital in [[Kampala]], on 5 April 2023, at the age of 93.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Atukunda |first=Rogers |date=2023-04-06 |title=Hoima Bishop Rt Rev Baharagate is Dead |url=https://softpower.ug/hoima-bishop-rt-rev-baharagate-is-dead/ |access-date=2025-12-17 |website=SoftPower News |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Reporter |first=NewVision |date=2023-04-06 |title=News: Leaders pay tribute to Bishop Baharagate |url=https://www.newvision.co.ug/category/news/leaders-pay-tribute-to-bishop-baharagate-NV_157688 |access-date=2025-12-17 |website=New Vision}}</ref> He was buried at Bujumbura episcopal mausoleum on Thursday, April 13, 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-04-13 |title=Bishop Baharagate laid to rest |url=https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/national/bishop-baharagate-laid-to-rest-4197414 |access-date=2025-12-17 |website=Monitor |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Bishop Baharagate Laid to Rest : |url=https://ugandaradionetwork.net/story/bishop-baharagate-laid-to-rest |access-date=2025-12-17 |website=Uganda Radionetwork |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Independent |first=The |date=2023-04-13 |title=Bishop Baharagate laid to rest |url=https://www.independent.co.ug/bishop-baharagate-laid-to-rest/ |access-date=2025-12-17 |website=The Independent Uganda: |language=en-US}}</ref> |
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Ugandan Catholic priest (1930–2023)
Albert Edward Baharagate Akiiki (25 February 1930 – 5 April 2023) was a Ugandan Roman Catholic priest who served as Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hoima. He was appointed bishop of Hoima on 7 July 1969 and he resigned on 9 March 1991.[1]
Background and priesthood
Baharagate was born on 25 February 1930, in Nyamigisa village, in present-day Masindi District, in Bunyoro sub-region, in the Western Region of Uganda. He was ordained a priest on 7 December 1958.[1][2]
As bishop
He was appointed Bishop of Hoima on 7 July 1969 and was consecrated a bishop at Hoima on 1 August 1969 by Pope Paul VI, assisted by Archbishop Sergio Pignedoli, Titular Archbishop of Iconium and Archbishop Emmanuel Kiwanuka Nsubuga, Archbishop of Archdiocese of Kampala.[1][2]
At the time of his entronement as Bishop, Baharagate had just returned from Rome ready to be deployed as a parish priest.[3]
On 9 March 1991, Baharagate resigned as Bishop of Hoima and was replaced by Deogratius Muganwa Byabazaire[4] after serving the diocese for 22 years.[5] Baharagate at the age of 61, 14 years hitting the mandatory retirement age recommended Canon Law which is 75 years.[5]
In his later life, he lived as Bishop Emeritus of Hoima.[1][2]
Death
Baharagate Akiiki died at Nsambya hospital in Kampala, on 5 April 2023, at the age of 93.[6][7][8] He was buried at Bujumbura episcopal mausoleum on Thursday, April 13, 2023.[9][10][11]
