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"Mapeera" is the Baganda rendition of "Mon Pere". He was the first Catholic Priest to set foot in Uganda in 1879. [3] Mapeera House serves as the headquarters of Centenary Bank, the third-largest bank in Uganda, and the largest indigenous commercial bank in the country, by assets. [4] The bank also maintains its main branch at this location.
Words of the Mapeera and Amansi monument Monument of Fr. Mapeera. The Fr. Mapeera and Brother Amansi monument in Entebbe, Uganda, was constructed by the Missionaries of Africa in the memory of Rev. Fr. Siméon Lourdel Marpel (aka Mapeera) and Brother Amansi, who were among the pioneer White Fathers who came to Uganda on 17 February 1879 and spread Christianity in Uganda.
St. John the Baptist, Mapeera-Nabulagala church with a capacity of 1000 members was constructed in Rubaga Division using the contributions from the White Fathers and Catholics in Uganda and diaspora at the same spot where Mapeera and Amansi built their first mission station. [1] It was consecrated by Dr. Cyprian Kizito Lwanga on the 25th June ...
Mapeera's remains were later exhumed, transferred and buried at Rubaga Cathedral. [8] [19] Mapeera's remains together with the remains of the other pioneer missionaries in Uganda were exhumed, displayed for public viewing and re-buried at St. John the Baptist Catholic parish, Mapeera, Nabulagala on 6 March 2011.
The building houses the national headquarters of the Uganda People's Congress (UPC), one of Uganda's political parties. 7 Cham Towers — 16 1979 The building was formerly owned by Uganda Commercial Bank (UCB) and was known as UCB House. In the mid-2000s, UCB was acquired by Standard Bank of South Africa, and transformed into Stanbic Bank Uganda.
Kisubi Mapeera Secondary School is a secondary school in Kampala, Uganda. The school gets its name from a tent peg which the missionary, Père Simon Lourdel M.Afr. (known as Fr. Mapera) turned into a tree. "Mapeera" is the Baganda rendition of "Mon Pere". The school was founded in 1999 as a Catholic private school, owned by the Kampala ...
The Missionaries of Africa came to Uganda in 1879. Balikuddembe was enrolled as a catechumen in the following year and along with Andrew Kaggwa, was baptized by Père Simon Lourdel M.Afr. (Fr. Mapeera) on 30 April 1882. [1] [2] [3] Balikuddembe took the baptismal name of "Joseph". [4]
Ggaba is located on the northern shores of Lake Victoria, at the southern tip of the city of Kampala.Ggaba is generally a low topography area, It is bordered by Murchison Bay in Lake Victoria to the south and east, the village of Kawuku to the northeast, Bbunga to the north, Buziga to the northwest and Munyonyo to the southwest.