Ugandan Catholic Priest Elected Diocesan Administrator of American Diocese

He holds a Masters Degree in Divinity from Notre Dame Seminary in the USA. 

Fr. Engurait has been serving as the Vicar General of the American Diocese since 2017.

In a message following his election, Fr. Engurait said he received the news of his election with “a humble and heavy heart.”

“I pray that the Lord will grant me the grace to serve each one of you well even as we grieve together the loss of our beloved Father and Shepherd, Bishop Mario Dorsonville,” he said in a Facebook message.

“While a time will come for more thorough introductions, my focus as well as the focus of the entire Diocesan Staff remains on honoring Bishop Dorsonville in the coming days,” the Diocesan Administrator of Houma-Thibodaux said.

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He called on the people of God to pray for the soul of the late Bishop “that he may receive his eternal reward in the company of our heavenly father and the communion of Saints.”

Magdalene Kahiu is a Kenyan journalist with passion in Church communication. She holds a Degree in Social Communications from the Catholic University of Eastern Africa (CUEA). Currently, she works as a journalist for ACI Africa.