Mapeera, the man behind Uganda’s first-ever mass, baptism

Nabulagala is acknowledged as the cradle of the Catholic faith because it was there that the first-ever Catholic Mass of the Latin Rite was celebrated, on June 25, 1879.  

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Mapeera, the man behind Uganda’s first-ever mass, baptism
By NewVision Reporter
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May 12 is the anniversary of Mapeera’s death in 1890. 

From the New Vision’s archives, we bring you the first Catholic mission that gave Christianity in Uganda a history

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