[1] He was appointed to that position on 16 April 2019 and was consecrated bishop on 6 July 2019 at Kitovu, Masaka.
[1][2] He attended St. Augustine’s and St. Paul Primary School, Kitovu, Masaka.
Later he studied at St. Thomas Aquinas Major Seminary, at Katigondo, also in Kalungu District.
He then completed his theological studies at St. Mary’s National Major Seminary, at Ggaba, in Kampala, Uganda's capital city.
[3] On Tuesday, 16 April 2019, Pope Francis appointed Monsignor Serverus Jjumba, the new bishop of Masaka Diocese, replacing Bishop John Baptist Kaggwa, who had tendered his resignation, having attained the Mandatory retirement age of 75 years, on 23 March 2018.