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{{Short description|Leader of the Church of Uganda from 1966 to 1974}}
'''Erica Sabiti''' was [[Archbishop of Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and Boga-Zaire]]<ref>[https://primarysources.brillonline.com/browse/archives-of-the-church-of-uganda/archbishop-of-uganda/general-file Brill]</ref> from 1966 to 1974.<ref>[https://dacb.org/stories/uganda/sabiti-erica/ DACB]</ref>

== Early life ==

Sabiti's year of birth is uncertain, but sources agree that he was born before 1908.<ref name=EA>[https://www.episcopalarchives.org/cgi-bin/ENS/ENSpress_release.pl?pr_number=88114 Episcopal Church Archives website, ''Retired Ugandan Primate Dies'', article dated May 26, 1988]</ref><ref name=NV>[https://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1506362/anglican-archbishops-decades New Vision website, ''Anglican Archbishops Through the Decades'', article dated August 28, 2019]</ref> He was born in Nkore (later known as [[Ankole]]) in today's South-Western Uganda and was educated at [[King's College Budo]] and Makerere College.<ref name=EA /> 

== Career ==
Sabiti taught in a primary school before being [[ordained]] [[deacon]] in 1933 and [[priest]] in 1934. After 26 years of serving the church in Uganda, he was consecrated [[Anglican dioceses of Rwenzori|Bishop of Rwenzori]] and Dean in 1960.<ref>''[[Crockford's Clerical Directory]] 1980–82'' p894 London: [[Oxford University Press|OUP]], 1983 {{ISBN|0-19-200010-1}}</ref>

In 1966, he became the first Ugandan Archbishop.<ref>[https://www.bristol.anglican.org/aboutus/bristoluganda/ Bristol Anglican website, ''Bristol Uganda Link'']</ref>

He became the first [[Bishop of Kampala]] in 1972 and served for two years until his retirement in 1974.<ref>[https://churchofuganda.org/blog/2021/04/21/cou-historical-overview/  Church of Uganda website, ''60 Years of Self-Governance (1961-2021); Looking Back and Looking Forward'', article dated April 21, 2021]</ref>

Sabiti died in Kinoni, Uganda, on May 15 1988.<ref name=EA /> 

== Family ==
In 1925, he married Georgina Kachandra; she died the same year and he remarried in 1930.<ref name=NV />

He and his wife Geraldine had seven children.<ref name=EA />

==References==
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== External links ==
*[https://www.gafcon.org/news/the-9th-archbishop-of-the-church-of-uganda-elected  Global Anglican website] ''The 9th Archbishop of the Church of Uganda Elected'', article by The Rt. Rev. Edison Irigei
*[https://nru.uncst.go.ug/bitstream/handle/123456789/4542/PROMOTING%20GENDER%20EQUALITY.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y   The National Research Repository of Uganda website] ''Celebrating A Hundred Years of Service Building a Great Future: The Legacy of Bishop Tucker Theological College'', edited by Christopher Byaruhanga and Olivia Nassaka Banja (2013)


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