Dr. Zac Niringiye

Bishop Dr. D. Zac Niringiye is a theologian, pastor, and civic-political activist in Uganda, involved in several civil society-led social justice and peace campaigns including as the Citizens’ Manifesto Ambassador. He has previously served at Makerere University, as a Visiting Fellow in the Human Rights and Peace Centre (HURIPEC) Department, in the School of Law, where he was leading a project on Religion, Human Rights and Peace. Bishop Niringiye took an early retirement from serving as Assistant Bishop in the Church of Uganda in 2012, to serve in the cause of social justice and good governance in Uganda. He is the author of The Church: God’s Pilgrim People as well as The Church in the World: A Historical-Ecclesiological Study of the Church of Uganda.