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James Hannington, Bishop of Eastern Equatorial Africa, and his Companions, Martyrs, 1885, The Holy Eucharist, by the Rector

James Hannington was consecrated to be a missionary bishop for Eastern Equatorial Africa of the Church of England. Learning of his arrival on Buganda’s border, a region of the country we know as Uganda, they were captured when they arrived on October 21, 1885.[1] He was killed by spear eight days later.[2]
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