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NAIROBI, Kenya Catholic bishops in Uganda are mourning Archbishop Cyprian Kizito Lwanga of Kampala, who was found dead in his room April 3. His death shocked the East African nation, where the archbishop had come to be known as a defender of the rights of the poor and the downtrodden. The cause of death was not released immediately. The 68-year-old archbishop will be buried April 8 at St. Mary’s and Sacred Heart Cathedral Rubaga in Kampala. Bishop Joseph Antony Zziwa, chairman of the Uganda Episcopal Conference, expressed the bishops deep regret at the death of the archbishop. On April 2, the country had watched the archbishop join other Christian leaders in a Way of the Cross procession in St. Paul s Anglican Cathedral. The activity had been organized by the Uganda Joint Christian Council, an ecumenical grouping of Catholic, Anglican and Orthodox Churches.

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