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Uganda Martyrs University (UMU) is a private University affiliated with the Roman Catholic Church in Uganda. The University is owned by the Episcopal Conference of the Catholic Bishops of Uganda. [2] It is licensed by the Uganda National Council for Higher Education. [3]
In 2014, Uganda celebrated 50 years since the Uganda Martyrs were canonized and elevated to sainthood by Pope Paul VI on 18 October 1964. [42] The Munyonyo Martyrs Shrine is a thanksgiving monument for their canonization.
Mapeera's remains were later exhumed, transferred and buried at Rubaga Cathedral. [8] [19] Mapeera's remains together with the remains of the other pioneer missionaries in Uganda were exhumed, displayed for public viewing and re-buried at St. John the Baptist Catholic parish, Mapeera, Nabulagala on 6 March 2011.
The Basilica of the Uganda Martyrs was built at the site of the executions and serves as their shrine. [14] The Brothers of St. Charles Lwanga Senior ( Luganda : Bannakaroli Brothers) were founded in 1927 as an indigenous religious congregation of Ugandan men committed to providing education to the disadvantaged youth of their country.
University of Kisubi was established in 2004 by the Brothers of Christian Instruction, as a center of Uganda Martyrs University. In 2009 UniK was made a constituent college of the university. In 2015, it received provisional accreditation to become a separate, independent University.
On his orders, the Uganda Martyrs, a group of 22 Catholic and 23 Anglican converts to Christianity in the kingdom of Buganda, now part of Uganda, were executed between 31 January 1885 and 27 January 1887. [4] [5] [6] The deaths took place at a time when there was a three-way religious struggle for political influence at the Buganda royal court.
[3] [4] Uganda's first native Bishop, Joseph Kiwanuka, was consecrated in 1939, where he served as Apostolic Vicar of Masaka. [5] The Catholic Church celebrates on June 3 the feast of the Uganda Martyrs — Saint Charles Lwanga and his companions — who were killed by King Mwanga II between 1885 and 1887. [6]
Uganda Martyrs University: Nkozi: 1993 [28] 29: UNIK: University of Kisubi [29] ... Uganda Junior Staff College: Jinja: 2010 5: NDCU: National Defence College, Uganda ...