Tuzinde (d. 3 June 1886) Mugagga Lubowa (d. 3 June 1886) Mukasa Kiriwawanvu (d. 3 June 1886) Nowa Mawaggali (d. 31 May 1886) Ponsiano Ngondwe (d. 26 May 1886) Two martyrs of Paimol There were also two Ugandan martyrs of a later period, who died at Paimol in 1918 and were beatified in 2002. These have not yet been canonized. The martyrs Daudi Okelo and Jildo Irwa were two young catechists from Uganda. They belonged to the Acholi tribe, a subdivision of the large Luo group. They lived and were martyred in the years immediately following the founding of the mission of Kitgum by the Comboni Missionaries in 1915. Anglicanism The Martyrs of Uganda are remembered in the Church of England with a commemoration on 3 June, when commemorating the martyrs of Uganda, the Church of England includes Archbishop Janani Luwum, who was murdered in 1977 by Idi Amin's henchmen; they also commemorate Luwum separately on 16 February. List of the Anglican Protestant martyrs Makko Kakumba Yusuf Lugalama Nuwa Sserwanga Mukasa Musa Eriya Mbwa Muddu Aguma Daudi Muwanga Muwanga Kayizzi Kibuuka Mayanja Kitogo Noah Walukaga Alexander Kdoko Fredrick Kizza Robert Munyangabyanjo Daniel Nakabandwa Kiwanuka Gyaza Mukasa Lwakisiga Lwanga Mubi Wasswa Kwabafu Kifamunnyanja Muwanga Njigiya In popular culture The Ugandan Martyrs were featured in one episode of the film Millions. In the DVD of the film it is mentioned that one of the actors who played the martyrs claimed to be a descendant of one of the martyrs. References External links The Christian Martyrs of Uganda Biographical sketches of memorable Christians of the past Encyclopædia Britannica Online Uganda Martyrs' Shrine, Namugongo Uganda Martyrs' Shrine, Munyonyo The Uganda Martyrs from the August 2008 issue of The Word Among Us magazine 1860s births 1880s deaths 1918 deaths European colonisation in Africa 19th-century Christian martyrs 19th-century Christian saints 19th-century Roman Catholic martyrs Roman Catholic child saints Converts to Roman Catholicism from pagan religions Executed children Executed Ugandan people 1885 murders in Africa 1886 murders in Africa 1887 murders in Africa History of Uganda LGBT and Christianity Martyred groups Massacres of men People celebrated in the Lutheran liturgical calendar Lists of Christian martyrs People executed by Buganda Groups of Roman Catholic saints Ugandan Roman Catholic saints Groups of Anglican saints 19th-century executions by Uganda Lists of saints Violence against men in Africa Anglican saints