Saint Mbaaga's Major Seminary Ggaba
Saint Mbaaga's Major Seminary, is a Diocesan Seminary of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kampala, Uganda. The institution is a training facility and House of Formation under the auspices of the Uganda Episcopal Conference. The institution is owned and administered by the Catholic Archdiocese of Kampala. The seminary caters to seminarians who choose the priestly vocation later in life, when they are older.
Location
The seminary is located in Ggaba, a neighborhood in Makindye Division in the city of Kampala, Uganda's capital. This is approximately southeast of the central business district of Kampala City.History
The premises occupied by St. Mbaaga's Major Seminary today were built and opened in 1931 by the Mill Hill Fathers as the Mill Hill Major Seminary Ggaba. MHMSG operated for thirty-six years and closed down in 1967. The premises then hosted the Pastoral Institute of Eastern Africa which was operated there from 1967 until 1975. In 1975, the PIEA relocated to Eldoret, Kenya due to a difficult political and security environment in Uganda at that time.Some of the graduands of the Mill Hill Major Seminary Ggaba include the following notable prelates:
- Cardinal Maurice Michael Otunga, Archbishop Emeritus of Nairobi.
- James Odongo, Archbishop Emeritus of Tororo, Uganda.
- Joseph Mukwaya, Bishop Emeritus of Kiyinda-Mityana, Uganda.
- Erasmus Desiderius Wandera, Bishop Emeritus of Soroti, Uganda.
- Joseph Oyanga, Bishop Emeritus of Lira, Uganda.
- Denis Kiwanuka Lote, Archbishop Emeritus of Tororo, Uganda.
- Philip Sulumeti, Bishop Emeritus of Kakamega, Kenya.