RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Charles Lwanga

1860 - 1886

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Charles Lwanga (Luganda: Kaloli Lwanga; 1 January 1860 – 3 June 1886) was a Ugandan convert to the Catholic Church who was martyred with a group of his peers and is revered as a saint by both the Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion. A member of the Baganda tribe, Lwanga was born in the Kingdom of Buganda, the central and southern part of modern Uganda, and served as chief of the royal pages and later major-domo in the court of King Mwanga II of Buganda. He was baptised by Pere Giraud on 15 November 1885. In fear of losing the overbearing power he had on his subjects to a Christian worldview, King Mwanga II insisted that Christian converts abandon their new faith and executed many Anglicans and Catholics between 1885 and 1887, including Lwanga and other officials in the royal court. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Lwanga is the 1,525th most popular religious figure (up from 1,998th in 2019), the 5th most popular biography from Uganda (up from 6th in 2019) and the most popular Ugandan Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Charles Lwanga ranks 1,525 out of 3,187. Before him are Dawud al-Zahiri, Prince Oscar Bernadotte, Alexander of Jerusalem, Petronius of Bologna, Agnes of Montepulciano, and Peter the Venerable. After him are Raphaël Bedros XXI Minassian, John Berchmans, Uppalavanna, Johannes Willebrands, Felice della Rovere, and Muhammad ibn al-Uthaymeen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1860, Charles Lwanga ranks 52. Before him are James McKeen Cattell, William Kennedy Dickson, Friedrich Naumann, Paul Gustav Fischer, Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia, and Eleonore Reuss of Köstritz. After him are Christen C. Raunkiær, Charles Curtis, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Grand Duke Dmitry Konstantinovich of Russia, Walter Sickert, and Douglas Hyde. Among people deceased in 1886, Charles Lwanga ranks 23. Before him are Charles Francis Adams Sr., Otto Wilhelm Hermann von Abich, Alexander Butlerov, Theodor von Oppolzer, Adhémar Jean Claude Barré de Saint-Venant, and Adolphe Monticelli. After him are Jules Jamin, Marco Minghetti, José Hernández, Eliza Lynch, Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria-Este, and Adolf Lüderitz.

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In Uganda

Among people born in Uganda, Charles Lwanga ranks 5 out of 55. Before him are Idi Amin (1923), Yoweri Museveni (1944), Milton Obote (1925), and Joseph Kony (1961). After him are Tito Okello (1914), Mutesa II of Buganda (1924), Emmanuel Wamala (1926), John Akii-Bua (1949), Yusuf Lule (1912), Scott Hicks (1953), and Apolo Nsibambi (1940).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Uganda

Among religious figures born in Uganda, Charles Lwanga ranks 1. After him are Emmanuel Wamala (1926), and John Sentamu (1949).

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