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The cathedral is located on Namirembe Hill, in Lubaga Division, in Kampala, the capital and largest city in Uganda. Namirembe is located approximately 2 kilometres (1.2 mi), by road, west of Kampala's central business district. [3] The coordinates of Namirembe Cathedral are: 0°18'54.0"N, 32°33'35.0"E (Latitude: 0.315000; Longitude: 32.559710 ...
In 1961, the growth of the Church of Uganda was recognised in the Anglican Communion with the establishment of the Province of Uganda and Ruanda-Urundi (later Province of Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi); the new province was inaugurated by Geoffrey Fisher, Archbishop of Canterbury, on 16 April 1961 at Namirembe Cathedral. [7]
Benjamin Katumba, a bass baritone, who was a member of Bunamwaya Church Choir, from the age of eight years. Later he was a member of Namirembe Cathedral Choir while in high school at Mengo Secondary School. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in music, from Makerere University. [1]
Namirembe is a hill in Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city. It is also a common name given to girls in several Baganda clans. [1] [2] Namirembe comes from the Luganda word "mirembe" meaning peace. [3] Namirembe loosely translates into Full of Peace. [4] [5] Legend has it that this hill was a gathering place for celebrating peace or war ...
Namirembe Hill - Adjacent to and immediately northwest of Mengo Hill. It is the location of St. Paul's Cathedral, the most prominent Anglican place of worship in Buganda; Lubaga Hill - Immediately west of Mengo. The seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kampala. Location of St. Mary's Cathedral Rubaga, built between 1912 and 1925.
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1976 – 2001: Melkizedek Otim (consecrated 11 January 1976, by Janani Luwum, Archbishop of Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and Boga-Zaire, at Namirembe Cathedral) [15] 2001–2017 (ret.): [20] Charles Odurkami [21] 13 August 2017 – present: Alfred Olwa
On 1 July 1960, in preparation for the formation of an independent church province, the diocese was split in five: one of the smaller new dioceses retained the same bishop and became the Diocese of Namirembe (so her bishop became Bishop of Namirembe). After the division, the diocese's territory was East Buganda and Busoga.