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Blessed Jildo Irwa

Blessed Daudi Okelo Memorial

18 September

Profile

Convert at about age eleven. Catechist with Blessed Daudi Okelo. Local chiefs demanded that the two of them stop teaching the Gospel; they refused. Martyr.

Born

c.1906 in Bar Kitoba, Kitgum, Uganda, Acholi tribe

speared and knifed to death on 18 October 1918 in Paimol, Kitgum, Uganda
the place of his death has been called Wi-Polo (In Heaven)

23 April 2002 by Pope John Paul II (decree of martyrdom)

20 October 2002 by Pope John Paul II

Additional Information

other sites in english
- Hagiography Circle
- L’Osservatore Romano

sitios en español
- Martirologio Romano, 2001 edición

sites en français
- L’Osservatore Romano

fonti in italiano

nettsteder i norsk
- Den katolske kirke

sites em português
- L’Osservatore Romano

MLA Citation

“Blessed Jildo Irwa“. CatholicSaints.Info. 7 July 2023. Web. 25 April 2024. <>