March 17, 2000 (aged 47–48) Kanungu District, Uganda
Nationality
Ugandan
Occupation(s)
shopkeeper, brewer of banana beer, and prostitute
Known for
Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God mass murders
Credonia Mwerinde (born 1952) was the high priestess and co-founder of the Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God, a sect that splintered from the Roman Catholic Church in Uganda. Before founding the movement she was a shopkeeper, brewer of banana beer,[1] and a prostitute.[2] Mwerinde was also a member of a religious group devoted to the Virgin Mary. She and two other group members approached Joseph Kibweteere in 1989, and said that the Virgin Mary had instructed him to take them in.[3] Kibweteere did, and he was particularly struck by her claim of a Marian apparition near his home, which related to a vision he himself had five years earlier.[2] Together Mwerinde and Kibweteere would found the Movement in 1989.[3]
^Uganda Cult's Mystique Finally Turned Deadly April 2, 2000 Ian Fisher New York Times
^ abThe preacher and the prostitute BBC News March 29, 2000
^ abFateful Meeting Led to Founding of Cult in Uganda Henri E. Cauvin New York Times March 27, 2000
CredoniaMwerinde (born 1952) was the high priestess and co-founder of the Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God, a sect that splintered...
religious movement founded by CredoniaMwerinde and Joseph Kibweteere in southwestern Uganda. It was formed in 1989 after Mwerinde and Kibweteere claimed that...
been brought to him by CredoniaMwerinde.[citation needed] Around 1989 he came into contact with a woman named CredoniaMwerinde, a prostitute who claimed...
Person(s) Age (at disappearance) Country Circumstances 2000 CredoniaMwerinde 47 Uganda CredoniaMwerinde was a co-founder of the Movement for the Restoration...
along with Dorothy Martin, Pat Robertson, Elizabeth Clare Prophet, CredoniaMwerinde, and Harold Camping, who have also made predictions about the end...
Lee Jang Rim of Korea (who predicted the world would end in 1992), CredoniaMwerinde of Uganda (who predicted the world would end in 1999), and Harold...
190 Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God CredoniaMwerinde, Joseph Kibweteere 1989 Catholicism : 209 : 203 : 213, 206 Movement...
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