A Bugandan convert
In 1879, the White Fathers missionary order arrived in Buganda, present-day Uganda, and began to preach the Gospel. They had, for the moment, a cordial relationship with King Mutesa – but things would turn out very differently.
The following year, a young man (aged about 20) named Charles Lwanga, servant to a Bugandan chief, became interested in the Catholic missionaries and began his journey to conversion. By the time he was baptised in 1885, he had entered the service of the new king, Mwanga II.
