What you need to know:
- Bishop Hannington’s last message was: ‘’Go tell your master that I have purchased the road to Uganda with my blood.’’
On October, 29, 1885, Anglican missionary Bishop James Hannington from England was killed on orders of Kabaka Mwanga II of Buganda and Busoga Chief Luba.
Born in England in 1847 and consecrated an Anglican Bishop in 1884, Hannington embarked on a journey to spread the gospel in East Africa.
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Bishop Hannington Shrine to boost tourism in Mayuge
According to local authorities, Mayuge District stands to earn about Shs500m annually from religious tourism at the Bishop James Hannington shrine
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Govt injects Shs7 billion in Bishop Hannington site to boost tourism
Bishop Hannington Memorial Site is one of the first and largest Christian Martyrdom site in Uganda. The construction of the road to the site is meant to boost tourism
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Uganda Martyrs: tracing the history
As we countdown to June 3, when Christians remember the Uganda Martyrs, Daily Monitor will be running a series of stories about the more than 40 young men who lost their lives for faith’s sake.
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Ruhesi: The engineer who vanished without a traceRuhesi was among the pioneer indigenous chartered civil engineers who helped lay Uganda’s technical foundation at independence
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The memorials that honour Uganda Martyrs worldwideFrom local shrines in Kampala to churches in the United States and seminaries in West Africa, the names of the martyrs are etched on spiritual landmarks and everyday spaces