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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 ...
Mengo Palace. Saint Paul’s Cathedral Namirembe, commonly referred to as Namirembe Cathedral. Sculpture representing the Njovu Clan in Buganda The monument straddles the road that leads to both the kingdom’s seat in Bulange, Mengo, and the Kabaka’s official palace at the Lubiri, Mengo Kabaka's Lake found in Mengo, Ndeeba.
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 ...
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]
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.
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
But Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 7-8, mark the official opening ceremony, scheduled for about 7 p.m. in Paris (1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT) with the opening of the doors, a religious ceremony and a concert ...
The fourth is Namirembe Hill, that was home to the Anglican (Wangeleza) faction of the Buganda religious wars of 1888 to 1892 and site of Namirembe Anglican Cathedral. The fifth is Lubaga Hill, that was home to the White Fathers Catholic (Wafaransa) faction of the above-mentioned Buganda religious wars and also site of the Rubaga Catholic ...