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Late Archbishop Cyprian Kizito Lwanga during SECAM's Golden Jubilee in Uganda in July 2019. Credit: SECAM

Catholic Archbishop in Uganda Remembers Predecessor for Defending “rights of downtrodden”

Apr 4, 2022

The Local Ordinary of Uganda’s Kampala Archdiocese has remembered his immediate predecessor who died in April last year as one who stood up for the rights of the “downtrodden” and “spoke truth to power.” 

Archbishop Cyprian Kizito Lwanga of Uganda's Kampala Archdiocese.

Uganda’s Kampala Archdiocese to Celebrate Martyrs’ Day with "a few chosen people"

May 26, 2020

In line with the recommendation of the leadership of the Uganda Episcopal Conference (UEC) that each Local Ordinary in the East African nation gives guidance for the June 3 Martyrs’ Day celebration amid COVID-19 restrictions, the Archbishop of Uganda’s Kampala Archdiocese has announced that the celebration in his jurisdiction will take place with a limited congregation.

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