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SUMMARY:Saturday 22nd February\, 11:30am Holy Eucharist for Janani Luwum\,
  Archbishop & Martyr
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DESCRIPTION:Janani Jakaliya Luwum was Archbishop of the Church of Uganda f
 rom 1974 to 1977 and one of the most influential leaders of the modern chu
 rch in Africa. He was born in the village of Mucwini in the Kitgum Distric
 t to Acholi parents and attended Gulu High School and Boroboro Teacher Tra
 ining College\, after which he taught at a primary school. He converted to
  Christianity in 1948\, and in 1949 went to Buwalasi Theological College.\
 n\nIn 1950 he was attached to St. Philip's Church in Gulu and was ordained
  a deacon in 1953\, and the following year he was ordained a priest. He se
 rved in the Upper Nile Diocese of Uganda and later in the Diocese of Mbale
 . In 1969 he was consecrated Bishop of the Diocese of Northern Uganda at G
 ulu\, where Fr Hilary’s godmother\, Mary Coleman\, was a missionary at t
 he time. After five years he was appointed Archbishop of the Metropolitan 
 Province of Uganda\, Rwanda\, Burundi\, and Boga (in Zaire)\, becoming onl
 y the second African to hold this position.\n\nArchbishop Luwum was a lead
 ing critic of the excesses of the Idi Amin regime that assumed power in 19
 71\, and in 1977\, delivered a note of protest to the dictator against the
  policies of arbitrary killings and unexplained disappearances. Shortly af
 terwards\, he and other leading churchmen were accused of treason.\n\nOn 1
 6 February 1977\, he was arrested together with two cabinet ministers\, an
 d\, at a rally in Kampala\, Idi Amin produced spoof witnesses who read out
  confessions implicating the three men. The next day\, Radio Uganda announ
 ced that the three had been killed when the car transporting them to an in
 terrogation centre had collided with another vehicle. The accident\, Radio
  Uganda reported\, had occurred when the victims had tried to overpower th
 e driver in an attempt to escape. But when Luwum's body was released to hi
 s relatives\, it was riddled with bullets. Henry Kyemba\, Amin’s ministe
 r of health\, later wrote in his book\, A State of Blood\, that "the Archb
 ishop had been shot through the mouth and at least three bullets in the ch
 est.” According to Vice President of Uganda Mustafa Adrisi\, and a Human
  rights commission\, Amin's right-hand man\, Isaac Maliyamungu\, had carri
 ed out the murders. Janani Luwum was buried at his home village of Mucwini
  in the Kitgum District.\n\nArchbishop Luwum is recognised as a martyr by 
 the Anglican Communion and his statue is among the Twentieth Century Marty
 rs on the front of Westminster Abbey in London. Since 2015 Uganda has a pu
 blic holiday on 16 February\, to celebrate the life of Janani Luwum\, and 
 we are remembering him on the nearest Saturday. \n\nPicture above: Janan L
 uwum's grave in Kitgum\, Uganda. Photo by Micheal Kaluba - Own work\, CC B
 Y-SA 4.0\, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=137519816
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LOCATION:Salinas Anglican Congregation
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