Joseph Mukasa
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Joseph Mukasa (died November 15, 1885) was a Ugandan Roman Catholic priest and an official at the court of Mwanga II of Buganda, recognized as a martyr and saint by the Catholic Church. Early in his reign, the new king Mwanga began to crack down on Christian missionaries and converts in his country, and executed the British Anglican priest James Hannington and his companions in October 1885. Mukasa rebuked him for the deed, and Mwanga had him arrested and beheaded. His duties were assumed by the young priest Carl Lwanga. Mukasa is remembered as one of the Martyrs of Uganda.
