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English to be used in his schools, thinking that would encourage his students to engage in worldly pursuits. The result was that the Catholics became disadvantaged compared to Protestants in English-administered Uganda. Streicher did allow English in St. Mary's Lubaga, founded in 1906 for the sons of chiefs. He saw Catholic teaching orders as a potential threat to his authority, and did not allow them to enter the diocese until 1924, when the Canadian Brothers of Christian Instruction of Ploermel were permitted to launch
382:. World War I seriously affected the mission, with 31 of the 63 priests who could travel being recalled to France, and with subsidies cut off. On 15 Jan 1915 his Vicariate Apostolic was as Vicariate Apostolic of Uganda and he remained at his post until his resignation on 2 June 1933. In May 1920 he assisted at the solemn beatification ceremony of the Uganda Martyrs in Rome. Streicher pushed hard to prepare for the diocese to become autonomous from European assistance, causing resentment from missionaries who felt that more time was needed.
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twenty years later. He was authoritarian, using his diocesan synods to present decisions rather than encouraging debate. The chiefs who had converted to
Catholicism moved to Buddu, and treated him as both civil and religious leader, equivalent to a king. Streicher assumed some of the royal trappings
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Streicher was a strong believer in education and set up schools throughout his territory. He founded a training college for catechists in 1902. He required that students know the alphabet before being admitted to the catechumenate, and that they were literate before they could be baptized. Until
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Streicher consider that training indigenous priests was the first priority, more important than conversion of the people. He inherited the seminary at Kisubi, later moved to
Bukalasa, near to Villa Maria. In 1911 the senior seminarians moved to
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378:. In 1913 Streicher ordained the first two African priests of the colonial era. In 1913 and 1914 Streicher headed a commission charged with assembling the testimonials needed to beatify the
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kingdom. In 1892 there was a civil war in Uganda, during which the supporters of the
Catholics had to move to Buddu. Soon after the fighting ended Streicher established the
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Streicher resigned in 1933 and became
Titular Archbishop. By then his vicariate had 303,000 baptized Christians. His mission was separated into the vicariates of
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in his costume. The chiefs sent their sons to be his pages at his court, and they ensured that their followers were converted by the Ganda catechists.
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assisted by two priests. He made his headquarters at Villa Maria. His vicariate included all of the south and west of modern
242:(Society of the Missionaries of Africa). For two years he taught Church History and Bible at the Greek Melchite Seminary in
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306:. The next year Streicher, acting as head of the Roman Catholic mission since his death, was appointed his successor.
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Excellence Monseigneur Streicher Vicaire Apostolique de l'Uganda, a ses missionnaires
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kingdoms in the west of the country. Streicher began missionary activity in
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234:Henri Streicher was born on 29 July 1863 in
220:Vicar Apostolic of Northern Victoria Nyanza
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646:(in French). Paris: Éditions Beauchesne.
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258:In 1890 Streicher was appointed to the
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284:Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Nyanza
260:Apostolic Vicariate of Victoria Nyanza
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663:"Archbishop Henri Streicher, M. Afr"
480:Les bienheureux martyrs de l'Ouganda
398:. After resigning he was appointed
214:(29 July 1863 – 7 June 1952) was a
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763:Roman Catholic bishops of Kampala
292:Apostolic Vicariate of Upper Nile
23:His Excellency, The Most Reverend
661:Cheney, David M. (28 Jan 2013).
302:. In 1896 Guillermain died of a
218:missionary bishop who served as
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465:. Catholic Truth Society
316:Northern Victoria Nyanza
516:Le Bûcher de Namougongo
410:at the consecration of
304:viral hemorrhagic fever
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172:Villa Maria, north of
103:and Roman Count (1933)
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501:. Uganda Protectorate
270:in the south of the
428:Cardinal Costantini
296:Antonin Guillermain
73:Antonin Guillermain
667:Catholic Hierarchy
400:titular archbishop
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653:978-2-7010-1141-7
336:John Joseph Hirth
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189:Denomination
168:(1952-07-07)
151:29 July 1863
123:Consecration
743:1952 deaths
738:1863 births
551:Cheney 2013
424:Villa Maria
276:Villa Maria
230:Early years
181:Nationality
166:7 July 1952
69:Predecessor
64:2 June 1933
732:Categories
719:2013-04-06
699:2013-04-06
672:2013-04-06
618:Blatz 1987
532:References
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505:2013-04-06
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451:2013-04-06
254:Missionary
236:Wasselonne
197:Profession
155:Wasselonne
147:1863-07-29
115:Ordination
61:Term ended
376:Katigondo
244:Jerusalem
79:Successor
53:Appointed
640:L'Alsace
332:Tanzania
248:Carthage
176:, Uganda
157:, France
638:(ed.).
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272:Buganda
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404:Brysis
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392:Rubaga
386:Legacy
359:Kigezi
355:Ankole
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324:Kamoga
320:Uganda
310:Bishop
280:Masaka
224:Uganda
184:French
174:Masaka
110:Orders
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268:Buddu
688:ISBN
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