Namirembe Cathedral
Saint Paul's Cathedral Namirembe, commonly referred to as Namirembe Cathedral, is the oldest cathedral in Uganda. It serves as the provincial cathedral of the Church of Uganda and the diocesan cathedral for "Namirembe Diocese", the first diocese to be founded in the Church of Uganda province, in 1890. Between 1919 and 1967, the Cathedral served as the provincial cathedral of the Church of Uganda, Anglican Communion. In the 1960s, the headquarters of the Church of Uganda moved to All Saints Church in Nakasero then moved back to Namirembe later. Location. The cathedral is located on Namirembe Hill , in Lubaga Division, in Kampala, the capital and largest city in Uganda. Namirembe is located approximately , by road, west of Kampala's central business district. The coordinates of Namirembe Cathedral are:0°18'54.0"N, 32°33'35.0"E (Latitude: 0.315000; Longitude: 32.559710). Overview. Namirembe Hill has been the location of the main Anglican place of worship in Buganda since Bishop Alfred Tucker established the offices of the Diocese of Eastern Equatorial Africa in 1890. Tragedy befell the first four church structures: Organ. The organ in St. Paul's Cathedral Namirembe, the oldest cathedral in the Church of Uganda, Anglican Communion, was built  in 1931 by The Positive Organ Company (1922) Limited. In 1952, after twenty years of service the organ was in need of an overhaul and this work was entrusted to Alfred E. Davis of Northampton, England. The organ gave a further twenty years of service, but after Idi Amin seized power in 1971 it deteriorated seriously during the years of unrest. Eventually in 1998, Peter Wells from the United Kingdom was sent to inspect what remained and advise on the rehabilitation. Several schemes were considered and the organ today operates to a specification drawn up with Michael Sozi, then chairman  of the Organ Committee, in 1999. Due to limited funds, it was decided to stagger the work of restoration. The first phase commenced after Easter 1999 when Peter and Ann Wells travelled to Uganda to install new manual keyboards and action to the manual soundboards. The full scheme was realized in 2006 and 2007 with the installation of the Great Mixture and Pedal Trombone. Recent events. On 16 December 2012, the cathedral hosted the enthronement of the Most Reverend Stanley Ntagali, as the 8th archbishop of the Church of Uganda. The ceremony was attended by an estimated 3,000 people, including  Robert Duncan, Archbishop of the Anglican Church in North America and John Sentamu, the Archbishop of York in the United Kingdom. Other attendees included Archbishops from Burundi, England, the Indian Ocean, Kenya, the Middle East, Nigeria, Rwanda, Scotland and Sudan. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, the President of Uganda, was also in attendance.