Matiya Mulumba
Ugandan Roman Catholic martyr
Matiya Mulumba, also known as Matthias Murumba Kalemba (1836 – May 30, 1886), was a Ugandan Catholic and one of the Martyrs of Uganda. He was killed on or around May 30, 1886 in his 50s. He, among the other martyrs, underwent the most excruciating suffering, as he was skinned alive and left to die.
In 1920, Pope Benedict XV beatified Mulumba, and on October 18, 1964, he was canonized by Pope Paul VI.
Early life and conversion to Catholicism
Matiya was born in Bunya county in Busoga. He was adopted by Fr. Magatto, and after Magatto's death, he stayed with Magatto's brother, Buzibwa. He first converted to Islam but later became a Catholic catechumen on the May 31,1880. He was baptised by Pere Ludovic Girault at his home in Mityana.
While building Kabaka Mwanga's palace, which had been destroyed by fire on February 22, 1886, Mulumba, together with Charles Lwanga, Lukka Baanabakintu and Mukwenda, was arrested, imprisoned and condemned to death by Mukasa, the Chancellor (Katikiro). Mulumba was taken to Old Kampala, where he was burnt alive.
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