Dr. Rev. Fr. John Bosco Kamoga C.S.Sp. Ph.D.
The Provincial Superior Congregation of the Holy Spirit Missionaries in Uganda; Member of the Board of Advisors for the CLASI.
Areas of Practice:
He is the Provincial Superior of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit Missionaries in Uganda. He is a member of the Board of Advisors for the Catholic Lawyers Society International.
Brief Overview And Experience
A Ugandan national born in Nabbingo, Wakiso District on 20th November 1978, I am a Muganda by tribe, single, attentive to detail, able to make critical decisions, managing deadlines and conducting team reviews. With expertise in person management, mentoring and dedicated to acquiring new knowledge through reading, knowledge sharing and research. I take pleasure in expanding the boundaries of imagination through critical analysis and engagement with available knowledge.
Skills
- Computer proficiency
- Ability to make decisions
- Leadership experience
- Integrity and transparency
- Organizational skills
- Team building
- Critical thinking
- Networking
- Public speaking
- Communication skills
- Partnerships and affiliations
- Adaptability
- Self-motivated
- Change and growth management
- Time management
- Employee motivation and performance
- Performance monitoring
Key Experience Record
Vice President, Association of the Religious in Uganda, Kampala, Uganda (June 2021 to date)
Achievements and responsibilities:
- Resolved issues and recommended actions based on reviewed performance of our staff and implementing partners of the Data and Research management center.
- Chaired interview panels for staffing at our ARU national offices and for programs we are implimenting.
- Spearheaded cross-functional initiatives across executive committees at ARU to achieve the Conference’s goals for as set out in the strategic plan.
- Identified issues with MoU and other agreements entered with Kisubi University and engaged engaged the services of a lawyer to fix the problematic clauses.
- Attended meetings, and made presentations on behalf of ARU.
- Clarified roles, responsibilities and expectations of staff.
- Identified and resolved issues between employees, promoting better collaboration and mutual respect.
- Demonstrated proficient leadership skills to motivate employees and build competent teams.
- Established performance goals for department and outlined processes for achievement.
Superior, Holy Spirit Missionaries Uganda Group, Kampala, Uganda (April 2021 to date)
Achievements and responsibilities:
- Collaborated with team members to achieve target results set by our chapter.
- Built and maintained courteous and effective working relationships with and among all the members of the congregation.
- Managed complaints with calm, clear communication and problem-solving.
- Overseeing the management of the different missions entrusted to the congregation in Uganda.
- Negotiating with bishops in different dioceses for new initiatives to be accepted by the congregation.
- Mobilize donors and partners to work with us on the different projects we are working on.
- Help organize for and support the efforts of capacity building for our members.
- Mobilize funds to ensure the training of our brothers who are still in formation and those who must go for ongoing formation.
- Taking on the challenging task of discerning and deciding on the suitability of the brothers in formation to continue to ordained ministry or not. This also involves accompanying and guiding them on the path of discernment and decision making.
Parish Priest, St. John the Baptist Parish Kambuga, Kabale, Kanungu, Uganda (November 2020 to August 2013)
Achievements and responsibilities:
- Was one of two pioneer missionaries of the congregation to the diocese, and served as the first Parish Priest of that new Spiritan Mission.
- Oversaw the pastoral care of over 11,000 Catholic faithful of the parish entrusted to the Holy Spirit Missionaries.
- Set up systems needed to run the parish and initiated income generating activities.
- Oversaw the development of another Spiritan Mission of St. Joseph’s Nyamirama, curved out of Kambuga parish.
- Re-invigorated the Spiritual and social development life of the parish.
- Trained and mentored Catechists to maximize their performance and effectiveness.
Education
1. Doctor of Theology and Religious Studies, Systematic Theology: African Liberation Theologies, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium (2022).
- Coursework in [Research Methodology]
- Coursework in [Conference attendance and paper presentation]
- Coursework in [Publication of at least two articles in internationally recognized academic journals]
- Member of Systematic Theology Research Unit.
- Member of research group on Political and Contextual Liberation Theologies.
- Member of Reading Group 20th century Theologians.
- Member of preparatory committee of Leuven Encounters Systematic Theology (LEST) XI Union.
- Dissertation in African Liberation Theologies.
- Member of Schillebeeckx Scholarship Fraternity.
2. Master of Advanced Studies in Theology and Religion, Research Master, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium (2016)
- Coursework in African Liberation theologies.
- Coursework in Contextual Theologies.
- Coursework in Research Integrity.
- Coursework in PhD Proposal Writing.
- Member of Schillebeeckx reading Group.
- Thesis in African Liberation Theologies.
3. Sacred Theology Licentiate (STL), Systematic Theologies, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium (2016).
4. Master of Arts, Research Master Theology and Religious Studies, Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands (2016), Dissertation in Systematic Theology (Soteriology).
5. Sacred Theology Baccalaureate (STB), Systematic Theology, The Catholic University of Eastern Africa, Nairobi (2010)
6. Bachelor of Philosophy, Philosophy, Consolata Institute of Philosophy (Urbaniana univ), Nairobi (2003)
7. Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education, A-Levels, Kyambogo College School, Kampala (1999)
8. Uganda Certificate of Education, O-Levels, Buddo Senior Secondary School, Kampala (1996)
9. Primary Leaving Examinations Certificate, Primary Education, St. Joseph’s Primary School, Nabbingo, (1992)
Affiliations
- Member, of the Pan African Theology Network.
- Vice President of the Association of Religious in Uganda (ARU).
- Board Member of the ARU Data & Information Management Center Ltd (ADIMIC).
- Member of the Research and Ethics Committee of Kisubi University.
- Member of the THELATHINI Investment Club.
- Chairperson of the Social Development and Integrity of Creation Committee of ARU.
Additional Information
- I have participated in at least Six internationally recognized theological conferences and colloquial and I have presented academic papers at them all.
- I have published four peer reviewed journal articles in internationally recognizable journals.
- I have recently contributed a book chapter to the African Response to Pope Francis’ Fratelli Tutti Encyclical, a commentary on chapter three of the encyclical; envisaging an open world. This book is about to be published.
Languages
- Luganda
- English
- Swahili
- Dutch
- Rukiga (First language)
Publications
- Faith and Witness: Reconfiguring the Church’s Political Engagement in Africa with the Sacramental Theology of Edward Schillebeeckx in African Journal of Contextual Theology, Vol 7, 2017.
- We drink from our Wells: Trusting the Spirit Operating within People’s Cultures and Traditions (Yet to be Published but accepted for publication in Leuven Journal of Theology)
- Theology and Encounter: Reclaiming the Palaver Herritage, in The platform Theologie der Befreiung.
- From an African Liberation theology to a Theology of Fraternal Solidarity. Embracing the Challenge of Doing Contextual Liberation Theologies in a Globalized World in ET Conference Proceedings 2018.