Saturday 25th October, James Hannington, Anglican Bishop, Missionary and Martyr
- Occurring
- for 1 hour
- Venue
- Salinas Anglican Congregation
- Address Church of the Sagrado Corazón de Maria, Estacion de Salinas, Archidona, Málaga Province, 29315, Spain
Today we are remembering James Hannington a nineteenth century bIshop who was the first Anglican Bishop of East Africa, and was martyred on October 29, 1885, while attempting to establish a new route to Uganda. Above all, he was known for his courageous evangelism.
Born in 1847 in Sussex, England, James Hannington was ordained as an Anglican priest in 1874 and became curate at Hurstpierpoint. In 1882, he volunteered for missionary work in East Africa with the Church Missionary Society, but had to return to England due to illness.
Consecrated as the first Bishop of Eastern Equatorial Africa in 1884, Hannington returned to Africa in 1885 to establish a new route to Uganda. But he and his companions were martyred near Lake Victoria on orders from King Mwanga II of Buganda, who feared foreign intrusion.
Come to church and find out how his martyrdom, along with subsequent persecutions, ultimately strengthened the growth of Christianity in Uganda rather than suppressing it.
Picture above: James Hannington by Michael, Charles D