Marienbasilika (Lodonga)
The Basilica of Our Lady, Queen of Africa ( English Basilica of Our Lady, Sultana of Africa ) is a Roman Catholic church in Lodonga in the Yumbe district of northern Uganda . The church of the diocese of Arua is dedicated to the Mother of God and has the title of a minor basilica .
Church building
Church building in the predominantly Muslim region was driven forward at the instigation of the missionaries Pietro Valcavi and Bernardo Sartoriam. The church was built on a stone foundation with a length of 45 meters and a width of 25 meters, it reaches a height of 12 meters with the use of 750,000 bricks. It was consecrated on June 24, 1927.
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The church was renovated in 1960 and received a new floor and a choir platform with a spiral staircase. In 1961 Pope John XXIII raised the church became a minor basilica .
The church was damaged in the fighting to overthrow Idi Amins in 1979. The repair was carried out in 1990 with a new tin roof instead of the old shingles. The interior has also been renovated.
The annual pilgrimage to the feast of the Immaculate Conception takes place on December 8th . Over 2000 pilgrims come to Londongo over distances of up to two days. The basilica is looked after by the Comboni missionaries .
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Comboni missionaries
- ^ Basilica of the Blessed Virgin Mary at gcatholic.org
- ↑ a b Felix Okello Warom and Robert Elema: district sub-Saharan Africa's first Catholic Basilica towers in Muslim. Daily Monitor, November 22, 2016, accessed June 5, 2018 .
- ↑ Report by Stefanie Schwemmer
- ^ Congregations of the Comboni missionaries
Coordinates: 3 ° 25 ′ 7.4 " N , 31 ° 6 ′ 56.7" E