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Christian feast day: Janani Luwum (Anglican Communion)

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Janani Luwum (Anglican Communion) from February 17, null

Janani Luwum

Ugandan archbishop (1922 - 1977)

Janani Jakaliya Luwum was a Ugandan Anglican bishop. He was the archbishop of the Church of Uganda from 1974 to 1977 and one of the most influential leaders of the modern church in Africa. He was arrested in February 1977 and died shortly after. Although the official account…
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Anglican Communion

International Christian communion

The Anglican Communion is a Christian communion consisting of the Church of England and other autocephalous national and regional churches in full communion. The archbishop of Canterbury in England acts as a focus of unity, recognised as primus inter pares, but does not exercise…
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