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Name: JACKSON, Philip (Father)

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Birth Date: 27.7.1874 Epsom

Death Date: 10.2.1966 Frome

Nationality: British

First Date: 1902

Profession: Mill Hill Fathers - 4th MHF caravan to Uganda, arr. Kampala 5/3/1902

Area: Kampala

Book Reference: North, Leader14

General Information:

Web Namilyango College, one of the oldest boarding secondary school in Uganda, was founded on 23rd March 1902 by the Mill Hill Fathers. The missionaries had come to Uganda in 1895 to help break down the mentality of many of the peasantry, that 'Protestantism is English and Catholicism is French.' Thus with this in mind, the Mill Hill Fathers of British origin wanted to demystify this erroneous picture. 

In 1907, another change come about. Fr. Philip Jackson, the headmaster, was told that in addition to his duties as headmaster, he was also to take up duties as a Pastor of the area, an area which was later to become Namilyango Parish. This new arrangement meant new responsibilities for the headmaster (1907-1911), and meant that in effect, the school and the parish were to be inextricably linked. This arrangement was welcomed but was not permanent. Thus in September, 1912 the parish was once again separated from the school, each with its own head. In August 1929, the Brothers of Christian Instruction order (The Kisubi Brothers) took over the school and named it 'St. Aloysius College.' However, after three years, the Mill Hill Fathers took it over again in 1932, under Fr. P. Preyde.

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