Our Lady of Africa of Mbuya (Kampala)
On the hill of Mbuya, in Kampala, the parish church of Our Lady of Africa, consecrated on 20 September 1970, rises. It is the work of the Combonian Missionaries, who arrived in Mbuya in 1960 invited by the Bishop of Kampala to attend to the faithful who came from northern Uganda looking for work.
🌹 Wonders and anecdotes
- On October 7, 1966 - the feast of the Virgin of the Rosary - the new Archbishop Emmanuel Nsubuga asked the Combonians to find the parish; the works of the present temple began in September 1968.
- The first stone was blessed by Pope Paul VI during his historic visit to Uganda in 1969, a pope's first trip to sub-Saharan Africa.
- On September 20, 1970, the church was consecrated to God in honor of the Blessed Virgin under the title of Our Lady of Africa; weeks later, on October 28, Father Joseph Bertinazzo was appointed first priest.
- The advocation of Our Lady of Africa, whose image is venerated in the basilica of Algiers crowned in 1876, is the patron of Africa, and her feast of April 30 is solemnity for the missionaries of the continent.
Our Lady of Africa
The parish of Our Lady of Africa of Mbuya, born of combonian zeal and with the first stone blessed by Paul VI in 1969, is one of the great Marian homes of Kampala. The living and diverse community brings together faithful from all over Uganda under Mary's cloak.
"Our Lady of Africa, Mother of all peoples, pray for Uganda and for the whole world.
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