Our Pastor Fr. Augustine Lukenge
Father Augustine Lukenge was born in central Uganda in the kingdom of Buganda in the district of Mityana and is from the Catholic Diocese of Kyinda-Mityana.
Fr. Lukenge was ordained a priest on Aug. 9, 1987. He served as a parochial vicar in Uganda for two years and chaplain at a high school for girls who aspire to a religious life. He also served as a pastor of Our Lady of Assumption, Buyambi Parish in Uganda. Later, he was sent to Sacred Heart in Mubende where he served for four years.
Fr. Lukenge was then appointed by the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples as National Director of the Pontificator Mission Societies, popularly known as PMS. Additionally, the Bishop’s Conference of Uganda appointed him Deputy Secretary General of the Episcopal Conference. Fr. Lukenge served in these two capacities for a total of eight years.
In 2007 when he finished his term there, Fr. Lukenge went back to his diocese and was appointed rector of the Cathedral Parish of Mityana.
He was appointed by the bishop to serve in the Diocese of Richmond in 2016. He initially served in the South Hill parishes and then was assigned to the Cluster Parishes of Covington. On July 1, 2024, Fr. Lukenge was named the new pastor of Christ the King in Norfolk.