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}}'''Joseph Mukasa''' Balikuddembe (1860 - November 15, 1885) was a [[Uganda]]n [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] and the majordomo <ref>See [http://www.dacb.org/stories/uganda/mukasa_joseph.html Dictionary of African Christian Biography: Joseph Mukasa]</ref> at the court of [[Mwanga II of Buganda]], recognized as a [[martyr]] and [[saint]] by the Catholic Church. Early in his reign, the new king Mwanga began to crack down on [[Christian]] [[missionary|missionaries]] and converts in his country, and executed the [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Anglicanism|Anglican]] bishop [[James Hannington]] and his companions on October 29, 1885, ignoring Mukasa's pleas to spare the bishop. After a night-long interview Mwanga condemned him to death. Mukasa was taken to a place near the Nakivubo river where he was knifed and his body burned. <ref>See [http://www.dacb.org/stories/uganda/mukasa_joseph.html Dictionary of African Christian Biography: Joseph Mukasa]</ref> His duties were assumed by the young catechist [[Charles Lwanga]]. Mukasa is remembered as first of the [[Martyrs of Uganda]].
}}'''Joseph Mukasa''' Balikuddembe (1860 - 15 November 1885) was a [[Uganda]]n [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] and the majordomo <ref>See [http://www.dacb.org/stories/uganda/mukasa_joseph.html Dictionary of African Christian Biography: Joseph Mukasa]</ref> at the court of [[Mwanga II of Buganda]], recognized as a [[martyr]] and [[saint]] by the Catholic Church. Early in his reign, the new king Mwanga began to crack down on [[Christian]] [[missionary|missionaries]] and converts in his country, and executed the [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Anglicanism|Anglican]] bishop [[James Hannington]] and his companions on October 29, 1885, ignoring Mukasa's pleas to spare the bishop. After a night-long interview Mwanga condemned him to death. Mukasa was taken to a place near the Nakivubo river where he was knifed and his body burned. <ref>See [http://www.dacb.org/stories/uganda/mukasa_joseph.html Dictionary of African Christian Biography: Joseph Mukasa]</ref> His duties were assumed by the young catechist [[Charles Lwanga]]. Mukasa is remembered as first of the [[Martyrs of Uganda]].




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Saint Joseph Mukasa
Joseph Mukasa and his companions
Martyr
Born1860
Buganda, Uganda
Died15 November 1885
Nakivubo, Uganda
Venerated inRoman Catholic Church
Beatified1920 by Pope Benedict XV
Canonized18 October 1964 by Pope Paul VI
Major shrineBasilica Church of the Uganda Martyrs, Namugongo
Feast3 June
PatronageChiefs, politicians

Joseph Mukasa Balikuddembe (1860 - 15 November 1885) was a Ugandan Roman Catholic and the majordomo [1] at the court of Mwanga II of Buganda, recognized as a martyr and saint by the Catholic Church. Early in his reign, the new king Mwanga began to crack down on Christian missionaries and converts in his country, and executed the British Anglican bishop James Hannington and his companions on October 29, 1885, ignoring Mukasa's pleas to spare the bishop. After a night-long interview Mwanga condemned him to death. Mukasa was taken to a place near the Nakivubo river where he was knifed and his body burned. [2] His duties were assumed by the young catechist Charles Lwanga. Mukasa is remembered as first of the Martyrs of Uganda.


References

  1. ^ See Dictionary of African Christian Biography: Joseph Mukasa
  2. ^ See Dictionary of African Christian Biography: Joseph Mukasa

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