Joseph Anthony Zziwa

Joseph Anthony Zziwa (born 16 February 1956) is a Ugandan Roman Catholic prelate who serves as the Bishop of the Diocese of Kiyinda-Mityana.

[1] Joseph Zziwa was born on 16 February 1956 at Kasambya Village, in Mubende Parish, in present-day Mubende District in the Buganda Region of Uganda.

[1][2] He was appointed bishop on 19 November 2001 and consecrated as auxiliary bishop Kiyinda-Mityana Diocese on 16 March 2002, by Bishop Joseph Mukwaya, Bishop of Kiyinda-Mityana, assisted by Cardinal Emmanuel Wamala, Archbishop of Kampala and Archbishop Christophe Louis Yves Georges Pierre, Titular Archbishop of Gunela, and Papal Nuncio to Uganda at that time.

[1][2] In July 2014, Bishop Zziwa, together with Bishop Sabino Ocan Odoki of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Arua, were elected to the Committee of Bishops of the Association of Members of Episcopal Conference of Eastern Africa (AMECEA), whose member countries are Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia Djibouti and Somalia.

[2] Bishop Zziwa also serves as the Chairman of the Uganda Episcopal Conference.