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Historical background of Mityana Cathedral Parish
Like the other villages around this area which got their names from the activities that took place in them, so Kiyinda was also named so.
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One of the major historical and tourist sites in the history of the Church in Uganda, particularly the journey of the Uganda Martyrs is Mityana which was built in memory of the three Martyrs who hailed from Ssingo County of Buganda Kingdom: Noa Mawaggali, Lukka Baanabakintu and Matia Mulumba Kalemba. It was at the home of Lukka Baanabakintu, which had become the catechetical centre for the early converts in Mityana that the blood of Noa Mawaggali was shed on May 31 1886. It is at that very spot that the magnificent Church now a cathedral was built with 3 architectural armlets (cones) to symbolize the 3 Martyrs. The place where the church is found was originally called Kiwanga but later called Kiyinda was coined when the drama actors of the cultural leader of Ssingo County called “Mukwenda” who were called the “Bayinda” started making their practices and presentations from this place. Like the other villages around this area which got their names from the activities that took place in them, so Kiyinda was also named so.
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The canonization of the Uganda Martyrs by Pope Paul VI on 18th October 1964 paved way for the development of Kiyinda. In the process of canonization of the Uganda Martyrs, the late Archbishop Dr. Joseph Nnakabaale Kiwanuka then Ordinary of Masaka Diocese, had been chosen by the Episcopal conference to head the committee responsible for collecting all the necessary information to enable the canonization of the Martyrs to take place. In 1961, he was appointed Archbishop of Lubaga and as soon as he took up office he had special interest in the Martyrs of Mityana which was under his Diocese, because by that time Namugongo was still under Nsambya Diocese. He then took upon himself the task to develop the place. The Almighty followed Archbishop Kiwanuka as he went for the meeting that was called by “Vatican council II” in Rome. Here he was with different bishops from all over the world. He became a friend to Bishop Joseph Stimpfle who was the bishop of the diocese of Augusburg, West Germany. Bishop Stimpfle had a great desire to help the church in the growing countries. Having sold to him the idea to develop the place Bishop Stimpfle picked interest in it.
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The Holy Uganda Martyrs From Mityana Cathedral Parish
St. Noah Mawaggali
Noah Mawaggali belongs to the clan of Ngabi (antilope), 35 years old, potter at Mukwende baptised on 1st Novermber 1885, pieced by lances, bound on a tree in order to be eaten by wild dogs at Kiwanga, Mityana on 31st May, 1886.
Virtues: modest, poor, hard working.
St. Luke Baanabakintu
Luke belongs to the clan of Mmamba (kind of fish), 30 – 35 years old, catechist at Mukwende, baptised on 28th May, 1882 Martyrdom on 3rd June 1886 at Namugongo, burned alive.
Virtues: intelligence, pious, full of desire to be martyred, zealous in taking religious in taking religious lessons.
St. Matthias Mulumba
Matthias belongs to the clan of the little antilope, 50 years old, chief of Kirumba, baptised on 28th May, 1882. Martyrdom from 27th to 30th May at Kampala: arms and legs cut off when still alive; stripes of his flesh burned before his eyes.
Virtues: zealous for his faith, poor, modest and heroic in
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