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'''Christopher Walusimbi''' is a [[missionary]] [[priest]] of the [[Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia]] active on Bukasa Island in [[Uganda]].
Fr. Christopher Walusimbi was [[ordination|ordained]] by the late Metropolitan [[Vitaly (Ustinov) of New York|Vitaly]] of ROCOR in 1988 in Montreal, Canada. Following his ordination he returned to Uganda on Bukasa Island in Lake Victoria to continue the missionary work began by his brother-in-law, Gerasimos Kambites, and his sister Sarah Sempa. He is the first Black African priest ordained in ROCOR and is under the omophorion of Metr. [[Hilarion (Kapral) of New York|Hilarion]], first hierarch of ROCOR.