Joseph Mukasa

Joseph Mukasa

Infobox Saint
name=Saint Joseph Mukasa
birth_date=1860
death_date=November 15, 1885
feast_day=June 3
venerated_in=Roman Catholic Church


imagesize=
caption=Joseph Mukasa and his companions
birth_place=Buganda, Uganda
death_place=Nakivubo, Uganda
titles=Martyr
beatified_date=1920
beatified_place=
beatified_by=Pope Benedict XV
canonized_date=October 18 1964
canonized_place=
canonized_by=Pope Paul VI
attributes=
patronage=Chiefs, politicians
major_shrine=Basilica Church of the Uganda Martyrs, Namugongo
suppressed_date=
issues=

Joseph Mukasa Balikuddembe (1860-November 15, 1885) was a Ugandan Roman Catholic and an official 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. Mukasa rebuked him for the deed, and Mwanga had him arrested and beheaded and his body burned. His duties were assumed by the young catechist Charles Lwanga. Mukasa is remembered as first of the Martyrs of Uganda.

External links

* [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/saintjbh.htm Joseph Mukasa bio]
* [http://wau.org/archives/article/the_uganda_martyrs/ The Uganda Martyrs from the August 2008 issue of "The Word Among Us" magazine]
* [http://www.ugandamartyrsshrine.org.ug/index.php?ID=105 Joseph Mukasa's profile from UgandaMartyrsShrine.org]
* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSmid=46918087&GRid=29119955& Joseph Mukasa Balikuddembe's memorial page on Find A Grave]
* [http://www.dacb.org/stories/uganda/mukasa_joseph.html Joseph Mukasa Balikuddembe's profile from Dictionary of African Christian Biography]


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