Bishop Serapio Bwemi Magambo Abwooli
8 May 1928 – 8 February 1995
Bishop Serapio Bwemi Magambo founded the Brothers of St. Joseph the Worker in Fort Portal Diocese in 1973. His place in our history is remembered through the community he established and its continuing life of prayer and service.
Born on 8 May 1928, Serapio Bwemi Magambo was ordained a priest on 15 December 1957. He was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Fort Portal on 26 June 1969 and received episcopal ordination on 1 August that year.
On 16 November 1972, he was appointed Bishop of Fort Portal. During his episcopate, the Brothers of St. Joseph the Worker were founded in 1973. The congregation brings together a communal life of prayer and a commitment to service, with an emphasis on the dignity of human work.
Bishop Magambo served as Bishop of Fort Portal until 17 June 1991. He died on 8 February 1995, aged 66, as Bishop Emeritus of Fort Portal.