Joseph Mukasa
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| Saint Joseph Mukasa | |
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| Born | 1865, Buganda, Uganda |
| Died | June 3, 1886, Namugongo, Uganda |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Beatified | 1920 |
| Canonized | October 18, 1964 by Pope Paul VI |
| Major shrine | Basilica Church of the Uganda Martyrs, Namugongo |
| Feast | June 3 |
| Patronage | African Catholic Youth Action, converts, torture victims |
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Joseph Mukasa Balikuddembe (died 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 in October 1885. Mukasa rebuked him for the deed, and Mwanga had him arrested and beheaded. His duties were assumed by the young catechist Charles Lwanga. Mukasa is remembered as first of the Martyrs of Uganda.
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