Simon Peter Engurait

Simon Peter Engurait (yazaalibwa August 28, 1971) munnayuganda omukatuliki enzaalwa y’e Amerika, era yalondebwa okuba Omulabirizi w’e Houma-Thibodaux nga June 5, 2025, oluvannyuma lw’okuweereza ng’omuddukanya obulabirizi eyo okumala kumpi emyezi 18. Asomye n’okukola mu Amerika okuva mu 2007.

Obulamu bwe n’okusoma

Engurait yazaalibwa Ngora, mu Buvanjuba bwa Uganda, nga wa musanvu mu baana kkumi na bana. Omu ku baganda be mudyankoni ate mutoowe omulala mu sisita. Yasomera mu St. Peter’s College e Tororo era n’afuna diguli eyookubiri mu byobufuzi n’okuddukanya emirimu gya gavumenti okuva mu yunivasite y’e Makerere mu Kampala mu 1995. Oluvannyuma Engurait yafuna diguli ey'okubiri eya Business Administration okuva mu Maastricht School of Management mu Budaaki.

Mu 2007, Engurait yagenda mu United States okusoma eby’eddiini, n’afuna diguli ey'okubiri mu by’omwoyo okuva mu Notre Dame Seminary e New Orleans, Louisiana, mu 2013.

Obusaserodooti

Engurait yatuuzibwa ku bwakabona nga May 25, 2013, Omulabirizi Sam Jacobs. Emirimu gye egy’obusumba gyalimu okuweereza ng’omusumba omubeezi mu Lutikko ya St. Francis de Sales e Houma, St. Genevieve Parish e Thibodaux, ne Christ the Redeemer Parish e Thibodaux. Yafuuka omusumba w’ekigo kya St. Bridget e Schriever mu January 2017.

Obukulembeze bw’Obulabirizi

Mu 2016, Engurait yalondebwa okuba Moderator wa Curia ate mu 2017 n’afuuka Vicar General w’essaza lino. Oluvannyuma lw'okufa kw'Omulabirizi Mario Dorsonville mu January 2024, Engurait yaweereza ng'omuddukanya essaza ly'obulabirizi okutuusa lwe yalondebwa ng'omulabirizi mu June 2025.

Obulabirizi

Nga June 5, 2025, Paapa Leo XIV yalonda Engurait ng’omulabirizi ow’omukaaga mu Houma-Thibodaux. Engurait yalaga obwetoowaze n’okwebaza olw’okulondebwa kwe, ng’aggumiza okwagala kwe eri ekitundu ky’e South Louisiana. Okutukuzibwa kwe okw’obulabirizi kutegekeddwa nga September 5, 2025.

Obulamu bwe

Engurait ayogera Olungereza, Oluteso, Olukiswahili, n’Olusipeyini. Ayagala nnyo nnyo obuweereza bw’obufumbo era abadde akwatibwako nnyo obuwangwa bw’Abacajun. Oluvannyuma lw’okulondebwa kwe Engurait yagamba nti “South Louisiana ye maka, era njagala nnyo abantu abali wano. Kya nkizo okukugamba nti yee nga bwe ŋŋamba nti yee eri Katonda. Nkwagala, era nkitwala nga kitiibwa kinene okukuweereza ng’omulabirizi wo.”

 

Ebiyungo eby’ebweru

• Profile, Obulabirizi bw’e Houma-Thibodaux
• Obulabirizi bw’Abakatuliki b’e Houma–Thibodaux Omukutu Omutongole