Blessed Daudi Okelo
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- Also known as
- David Okelo
- Memorial
- 18 October
- Profile
- Convert at about age fifteen.
Catechist with Blessed Jildo Irwa.
Local chiefs demanded that the two of them stop teaching the Gospel; they refused.
Martyr.
- Born
- c.1902 in Payira, Kitgum, Ugandan, Acholi tribe
- Died
- speared and knifed to death on 18 October 1918 in Palamuku, Uganda;
the place of his death has been called Wi-Polo (In Heaven)
- Venerated
- 23 April 2002 by Pope John Paul II
- Beatified
- 20 October 2002 by Pope John Paul II
- Canonized
- pending;
if you have information relevant to the canonization of Blessed Daudi, contact:
Bishop’s House
P.O. Box 200
Gulu, UGANDA
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