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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.
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]
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.
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.
2014 marked fifty years since the Uganda Martyrs were canonized and elevated to Sainthood by Pope Paul VI on 18 October 1964. The occasion was marked by a memorial Mass at the Basilica and Pope Francis was expected to be the main celebrant. Although the Pope did not visit in 2014, he made the visit to Uganda in November 2015, and celebrated ...
The Busega Martyrs Memorial also known as Busega Martyrs Memorial Church is the site where the first three Ugandan Martyrs were killed in 1885. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The Uganda Martyrs were new Christian converts in Buganda kingdom who defied their new king Kabaka Mwanga and refused to denounce their newfound religion.
Catholic converts and those affiliated with the White Fathers were often arrested and put to death for their beliefs, their remains strewed across the land as a warning to anyone considering conversion. This persecution and violence climaxed in the killing of the Uganda Martyrs, when 22 Catholic converts were burned alive at Namugongo.