Victoria
Location
Official Name Monastery of O.L. of Victoria
N° 73
Country Uganda
City Kyotera
Address P.O. Box 203
Contact Information
Telephone [256] (77) 42 10 259
Community Email [email protected]
Website www.monksofkijonjo.com
Superior Dom John Bosco Kamali, Abbot 2013-2025
Other Information
Juridical Status Abbey
Diocese Dioecesis Masakuensis (Masaka)
OCSO Region RAFMA
Founded/Restored 1956
Origins
Founded by Tilburg. Erected as abbey 1 November 1967.
History
1956, 8 December: The foundation is inaugurated. The first property chosen having proven impossible to cultivate, the offer of another property was accepted. It was situated in the same diocese and the community moved there in February, 1958.
1960: Fr. Germain and Fr. Philip of Mt. St. Bernard were sent to Victoria, mainly to help the community learn English.
The community was transferred from Kenya to Uganda in 2008, following troubles after the presidential election in Kenya. They lived in a refuge house, Bukalasa Minor Seminary Masaka, till 1 March 2010. On 19 March 2010 the community transferred to a new monastery and started the regular life again.
Father Immediate
Tilburg
Daughter Houses
Butende, 1971
Past Superiors
Pius DRIJVERS — Superior — 08/12/1956 – 21/04/1957
Cyprien van den BOGAARD — Superior — 01/05/1957 – 01/11/1959 (v.30)
Godefridus LOOYAARD — Superior — 01/ 11/1959 – 01/11/1967
Godefridus LOOYAARD — Abbot — 01/11/1967 – 01/09/1989
Bernard KABOGGOZA — Abbot — 12/10/1989 – 28/06/2000
Charles Lwanga KAWEESI — Abbot — 28/07/2000 — 01/09/2005
Dominic Vincent NKOYOYO — Sup. ad nutum 15/11/2005 – 01/08/2008
Korneel VERMEIREN — Sup. ad nutum 01/08/2008 – 01/11/2008
Bernardus PEETERS, Abbé de Tilburg — Adm. Apostolique 01/11/2008 – 02/02/2012
John Bosco KAMALI — Sup. ad nutum 02/02/2012 – 07/02/2013
Work and Sources of Income
Cards, jams, field, garden
