Laurenti Magesa
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The Reverend Father Laurent Magesa | |
|---|---|
| Father | |
| Church | Catholic Church |
| Diocese | Musoma |
| Personal details | |
| Died | August 11, 2022 (aged 75–76) Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania |
Laurenti Magesa (1946 – August 11, 2022) was a Catholic priest and theologian from Tanzania. He helped develop African theology, writing a dozen books on topics such as African Christology[1] and African spirituality.[2] He has served as a parish priest and taught theology at schools in Kenya, Tanzania, and the United States.[3]
Magesa was born in 1946 in northern Tanzania, along the shores of Lake Victoria. He attended primary school in Musoma and then attended secondary and high school at St. Mary’s Seminary in Mwanza, Tanzania, graduating in 1968.[3] He earned a degree in theology at Makerere University in Uganda in 1974, before earning an MA and PhD from the University of Ottawa.[3] From 1985 until 2000, he served as a parish priest at several Catholic parishes in Musoma, Tanzania.
Magesa published more than 100 academic articles and numerous books.[4] He taught at Hekima University College, a Jesuit school of theology in Nairobi, the Catholic University of Eastern Africa, and Kipalapala Major Seminary in Tabora, Tanzania. He was a scholar in residence or visiting scholar at Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio, DePaul University in Chicago, and the Maryknoll School of Theology in New York.[3] He received an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from DePaul University in 2014.[4]
