SINGER JOSE CHAMELEONE’S WIFE LOSES UNCLE/GUARDIAN TO LEUKEMIA

Death has occurred of Rev. Father Giovanni Scalabrini aka Father John, who is a paternal uncle to Daniela Atim, singer Jose Chameleone’s wife. The catholic father who is being Bishop Kihangire schools, and orphanages in Biina, Mutungo, reportedly succumbed to leukemia today.

“Rest In Peace(RIP) Father and Friend. May the Almighty God have mercy on you as he strengthens us all. We shall always remember and pray for you. Thank you so much for love and care you shared with all of us. You gave all your life to us. Rest In Peace Father Giovanni Scalabrini,” mourns Jose Chameleone.

Fr John, as he is popularly known, died on Tuesday morning at St Francis Hospital, Nsambya in Kampala, where he was admitted last Thursday. He had been battling cancer of the bone for the last five years.

Fr John will be fondly remembered for founding kindergartens, schools and colleges, including Bishop Cipriano Kihangire Primary School and Bishop Cipriano S.S.S in Kampala. He was also a benefactor to thousands of needy children, especially orphans.

Fr John, born in 1934, was an Italian missionary from Limido Comasco, Italy. He has lived in Uganda since 1964, spending nearly 30 of those years among the Acholi in Northern Uganda where he built schools, and installed flour mills.

In 1969 Fr John became a priest upon the urgings of Bishop Ciprian Kihangire of Gulu, in whose memory he built Bishop Cipriano Kihangire Primary School in Kitintale and Bishop Cipriano S.S.S. in Luzira, a Kampala city suburb. He also founded the non-for-profit Emmaus foundation Uganda to cater to needs in education and health, among other needs.