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Archbishop Janani Luwum Day is a public holiday in Uganda, celebrated 16 February annually. The holiday is dedicated to the life and service of Janani Luwum, the former archbishop of the Anglican Church of Uganda, who is typically regarded as having been murdered on the orders of the then-President Idi Amin.[1]

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Janani Jakaliya Luwum c. archbishop of the Church of Uganda from 1974 to 1977 and one of the most influential leaders of the modern church in Africa....

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Archbishop Janani Luwum Day

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Archbishop Janani Luwum Day is a public holiday in Uganda, celebrated 16 February annually. The holiday is dedicated to the life and service of Janani...

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Public holidays in Uganda

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August 23, 2020. "NRM Liberation Day 2021, 2022 and 2023". PublicHolidays.ug. Retrieved August 23, 2020. "National Heroes Day 2021, 2022 and 2023". PublicHolidays...

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2021 in East Africa

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14, 2021. "Archbishop Janani Luwum Day in Uganda in 2021". Office Holidays. Retrieved January 14, 2021. "Robert Mugabe National Youth Day in Zimbabwe...

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Church of Uganda

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regime became evident soon and with the consecration of Janani Jakaliya Luwum as the new archbishop in 1974, the Anglican Church became more outspoken in...

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Festo Kivengere

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the archbishop, Janani Luwum. The others waited for Luwum to join them but he never came out. The next day the government announced that Luwum had died...

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Saints in Anglicanism

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England commemorates the Ugandan martyrs on 3 June together with Archbishop Janani Luwum, who was murdered in 1977 on the orders of Idi Amin. On 18 October...

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2022 in East Africa

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Isaac Maliyamungu

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also chaired the show trial of Janani Luwum, Archbishop of the Church of Uganda, and other religious leaders in 1977. Luwum as well as his colleagues were...

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Luo peoples

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also known for the Second Liberation fight in Kenyan politics Janani Luwum, former Archbishop of the Church of Uganda Jaramogi Oginga Odinga - independence...

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List of Christian martyrs

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Chinese pastor, publicly executed Martyrs of La Rioja, 1976 Janani Jakaliya Luwum, 1977, Archbishop of Uganda Abuna Theophilos, 1979, Patriarch of the Ethiopian...

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Uganda Martyrs

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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...

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Idi Amin

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Benedicto Kiwanuka, a former prime minister and chief justice; Janani Luwum, the Anglican archbishop; Joseph Mubiru, the former governor of the central bank...

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February 17

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Friday Hassler, American race car driver (b. 1935) 1977 – Janani Luwum, Ugandan archbishop and saint (b. 1922) 1979 – William Gargan, American actor (b...

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The Calendar of the Church Year

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Missionaries, 869, 885 15 Thomas Bray, Priest and Missionary, 1730 17 Janani Luwum, Archbishop and Martyr, 1977 18 Martin Luther, Pastor and Church Reformer 1546...

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February 1977

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that the victims had died in a motor vehicle accident. Janani Luwum, the Anglican Archbishop of Uganda was taken into custody in Kampala, along with...

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February 16

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1888) 1975 – Morgan Taylor, American hurdler and coach (b. 1903) 1977 – Janani Luwum, bishop, Church of Uganda, martyr (b. c.1922) 1977 – Rózsa Péter, Hungarian...

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Acholi people

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Geoffrey Oryema, exiled singer and son of Erinayo Wilson Oryema . Janani Luwum, former Archbishop of the Anglican Church of Uganda, murdered on the orders of...

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Burials and memorials in Westminster Abbey

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depicted in statues; from left to right: Maximilian Kolbe Manche Masemola Janani Luwum Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna Martin Luther King Jr. Óscar Romero...

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List of public art in Westminster

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April 2013. Manche Masemola. Westminster Abbey. Retrieved 16 April 2013. Janani Luwum. Westminster Abbey. Retrieved 16 April 2013. Grand Duchess Elizabeth...

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Westminster Abbey

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craftsmen in 1998. Those commemorated are Maximilian Kolbe, Manche Masemola, Janani Luwum, Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna, Martin Luther King Jr., Óscar Romero...

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Kampala

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Serwanjja Derreck Kayongo Robert Kayanja Martin Ssempa John Sentamu, Archbishop of York Kwatsi Alibaruho Ash Amin, British academic and geographer Venansius...

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Nsambya Hospital

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Governors was appointed in 1975 and in 1981 it made the recommendation to Archbishop Nsubuga for the Hospital to open up to indigenous lay professionals in...

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Operation Mafuta Mingi

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was able to enlist more members after the murder of the popular Archbishop Janani Luwum by Amin's security forces in February 1977. The coup plotters dubbed...

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Namirembe Hill

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Residence of the Archbishop of the Church of Uganda. Residence of the Bishop of Namirembe Anglican Diocese. Mengo Senior School - a public mixed day school. Sanyu...

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