Diana Nkesiga
Reverend Diana Nkesiga | |
|---|---|
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| Personal | |
| Born | Diana Mirembe Barlow 1960 Munyonyo |
| Religion | Christianity |
| Nationality | Ugandan |
| Spouse | Solomon Nkesiga († 2015, aged 55) |
| Children | Ignatius Nkesiga, Themba Nkesiga, Edith Nagawa, Evelyn Namugumya[1] |
| Denomination | Anglican church |
| Alma mater | Kyambogo University Bishop Tucker Theological College |
| Senior posting | |
| Ordination | 1994 |
| Website | Facebook profile |
Diana Nkesiga was one of the first women to be ordained by the
Anglican Church of Uganda. After earning her degree in theology, she was denied ordination but was permitted to become a commissioned worker in 1989 and a deacon in 1991. Passed over for the priesthood in 1992, she pushed authorities in both Uganda and then South Africa, where she was doing mission work to allow her to be ordained. Finally in 1994, she was ordained by the Anglican Church in Uganda. Returning to South Africa, she had difficulty finding a placement as a priest until Bishop Desmond Tutu intervened. After 13 years in South Africa, she returned to Uganda in 2005. She is currently the Vicar of All Saints' Cathedral in Kampala
.
Biography
Diana Mirembe Barlow was born in 1960, in
Mukono. Barlow met fellow student Solomon Nkesiga in September, 1986 and after a three-year friendship, they decided to marry and were wed at St. Francis Chapel in Makerere in 1989, the year of her graduation.[3]
Solomon's first position was to teach at the Anglican Martyr’s Theological Seminary in
Grahamstown, South Africa.[3]
As Nkesiga was not allowed to preach, she raised their two sons and two adopted daughters and started a school[3] which she called Stepping Stones, an English-speaking Christian school. She ran the school out of her own home, with her own funds until the church and the government later stepped in and provided funding.[5] In 1994, they brought the question of
Port Elizabeth Technikon until they closed in 2004. At that time, she became the Chaplain at the St Francis Hospice[8] and remained with that organization until the end of November 2005 when she returned to Uganda[9] after 13 years in South Africa.[3]
Initially upon return to Uganda, Nkesiga worked with Viva Network Africa, before being appointed Vicar of All Saints’ Cathedral in 2007.[3] Nkesiga's husband Solomon, born 5 February 1960, died 23 March 2015, aged 55.[1][10]
References
- ^ a b c "Rev Solomon Nkesiga passes on". Kampala, Uganda: New Vision. 24 March 2015. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
- ^ Kanyoro, Rachel (29 March 2015). "Nkesiga passes on with passion". Daily Monitor. Nation Media Group. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Mazinga, Mathias (29 November 2014). "The Revs Nkesiga on their 25-year marital journey". Kampala, Uganda: New Vision. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
- ^ a b c d e "One female priest's tireless journey to the top". Kamwokya, Uganda: The Observer. 18 December 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
- ^ a b c Rwakabukoza, Rebecca (30 March 2013). "Rev. Diana Nkesiga: Bringing femininity to the pulpit". Kampala, Uganda: Daily Monitor. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
- ^ Gunda 2011, p. 181.
- ^ "Saint Augustine". Port Elizabeth, South Africa: Anglican Diocese of Port Elizabeth.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|url=(help) - ^ "The view from pulpit and pew". Diocese of Port Elizabeth, Port Elizabeth, South Africa: Lindaba. June 2004. Archived from the original on 16 December 2015. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
- ^ "Turning AIDS around". Vol. 16, no. 11. Diocese of Port Elizabeth, Port Elizabeth, South Africa: Lindaba. December 2005. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
- ^ Nakibuuka, Beatrice (31 October 2016). "Nkesiga lost her husband to cancer". Daily Monitor. Nation Media Group. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
23 March is a Monday; several sources with secondhand or unsourced information stated the day of his death to be Tuesday.
Bibliography
- Gunda, Masiiwa Ragies, ed. (2011). From Text to Practice - The role of the Bible in daily living of African people today. Bible In Africa Studies. Vol. 4. Bamberg, Germany: University of Bamberg Press. ISBN 978-3-86309-004-3.