Saint Ambrosio Kibuuka | |
Birth Date: | 1868 |
Death Date: | June 3, 1886 |
Feast Day: | June 3 |
Venerated In: | Catholic Church |
Birth Place: | Buganda, Uganda |
Death Place: | Namugongo, Uganda |
Titles: | Martyr |
Beatified Date: | 1920 |
Beatified By: | Pope Benedict XV |
Canonized Date: | October 18, 1964[1] |
Canonized By: | Pope Paul VI |
Patronage: | Societies, including Scouts, Guides, Young Christian Workers, Xaverians and TCW |
Major Shrine: | Basilica Church of the Uganda Martyrs, Namugongo |
Ambrosio Kibuuka (1868 – June 3, 1886)[2] aka (Ambrose Kibuuka Katekamu, Kateka Mulundaggana), was a Ugandan Catholic martyr killed for his faith. He was born in Buganda. He was one of many Christians put to death by King Mwanga II between 1885 and 1887. His day of martyrdom was June 3, when he was burned alive, and when he is remembered as one of the Martyrs of Uganda's feast day. [3]