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Also known as
Karoli Lwanga
Memorial: 3 June
Profile
Ngabi clan. Servant of King Mwanga of Uganda. Convert, joining the Church
in June 1885. One of the Martyrs of Uganda who died in the Mwangan
persecutions.
Born
1865 at Bulimu, Buganda, Uganda
Died
burned to death in 1886 at Namugongo, Uganda
Canonized
18 October 1964 by Pope Paul VI at Rome, Italy
Patronage
African Catholic Youth Action, Catholic youth, converts, torture victims
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