Sad news reaching us indicates that retired Archbishop of the Church of Uganda Livingstone Mpalanyi Nkoyoyo has died.

Archbishop Nkoyoyo, 82, according to a close family member passed away on Friday at Kampala Hospital.

The retired Archbishop, who has been suffering from with cancer of the esophagus, returned to Uganda in June 2017 from London UK, where he had been hospitalized for months receiving treatment for the cancer.

Nkoyoyo served as Archbishop of the Church of Uganda between 1995 and 2004.