Martyrs of Uganda

Memorial

3 June

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22 Ugandan converts martyred in the persecutions of King Mwanga. They are:

• Achileo Kiwanuka
• Adolofu Mukasa Ludigo
• Ambrosio Kibuuka
• Anatoli Kiriggwajjo
• Anderea Kaggwa
• Antanansio Bazzekuketta
• Bruno Sserunkuuma
• Charles Lwanga
• Denis Ssebuggwawo
• Gonzaga Gonza
• Gyavire
• James Buzabaliao
• John Maria Muzeyi
• Joseph Mukasa
• Kizito
• Lukka Baanabakintu
• Matiya Mulumba
• Mbaga Tuzinde
• Mugagga
• Mukasa Kiriwawanvu
• Nowa Mawaggali
• Ponsiano Ngondwe

Beatified

1920

Canonized

18 October 1964 by Pope Paul VI at Rome, Italy

Additional Information

James Keifer
James Keifer
James Keifer
Christian Martyrs of Uganda
James Keifer
Kirken i Norge [norwegian]
For All The Saints, by Katherine Rabenstein
Vietnamese Eucharistic Youth Society
New Catholic Dictionary

Print References

Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints

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The African martyrs add another page to the Church's roll of honor - an occasion both of mourning and of joy. These African martyrs herald the dawn of a new age. If only the mind of man might be directed not toward persecutions and religious conflicts but toward a rebirth of Christianity and civilization! Africa has been washed by the blood of these latest martyrs, and first of this new age (and, God willing, let them be the last, although such a holocaust is precious indeed). Africa is reborn free and independent.

- from the homily at the canonization of Saint Charles Lwanga and companions by Pope Paul VI