June 3rd - The Martyrs of Uganda - Independent Catholic News

June 3rd - The Martyrs of Uganda - Independent Catholic News: This group of 22 Africans who died for their faith in 1885-87 includes Charles Lwanga, Joseph Mukasa, Judge Matthias Murumba and Andrew Kagwa, a leading catechist. The tyrannical King Mwanga ordered the persecutions. He began by killing an Anglican missionary, Bishop James Hannington, and several Christian converts in his court. When Charles Lwanga and several others protested, Mwanga ordered them to be dismembered and burnt alive.