Saint Mary's Cathedral Rubaga, commonly referred to as Rubaga Cathedral, is the parent cathedral of the

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, the oldest Roman Catholic diocese in

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. It is the home church of

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Kampala Kampala (, ) is the capital and largest city of Uganda. The city proper has a population of 1,680,000 and is divided into the five political divisions of Kampala Central Division, Kawempe Division, Makindye Division, Nakawa Division, and Ruba ...

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The Cathedral is located on Lubaga Hill, in

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, in the western part of the city of

, the

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and the largest city in that

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n country. Lubaga is located approximately , by road, west of the

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of Kampala. The coordinates of Rubaga Cathedral are:0°18'09.0"N, 32°33'08.0"E (Latitude:0.302500; Longitude:32.552222).

Overview

Kabaka Mutesa I Mukaabya Walugembe, the 30th

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, who reigned from 1856 until 1884, once maintained a palace on Lubaga Hill. When fire destroyed the palace, he abandoned the hill and relocated to

Mengo Hill Mengo is a hill in Rubaga Division, Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city. The name also applies to the neighborhood on that hill. Location Mengo is bordered by Kampala Hill, Old Kampala to the north, Nsambya, Nsambya Hill to the east, Kib ...

. In 1889, his son

Mwanga II of Buganda Danieri Basammula-Ekkere Mwanga II Mukasa (1868 – 8 May 1903)D. A. Low''Fabrication of Empire: The British and the Uganda Kingdoms, 1890-1902'' Cambridge University Press, 2009, p. 210, note 196. was Kabaka of Buganda from 1884 until 1888 and fro ...

, donated that land to the French Catholic missionaries (

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) who were setting up the nascent

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in the country, at that time. In 1914 the missionaries began constructing a modern cathedral at Lubaga (Rubaga). Construction was completed in 1925 and St. Mary's Cathedral Rubaga was consecrated on 31 December 1925.

Other considerations

The remains of the late Archbishop Joseph Kiwanka (June 25, 1899 — February 22, 1966), the first

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Catholic Bishop and the first African Archbishop of Kampala Diocese, are housed inside the cathedral.

References

External links

Rubaga Cathedral, The Seat of the Catholic Church In Uganda
{{Authority control Buildings and structures in Kampala Roman Catholic cathedrals in Uganda Lubaga Division Roman Catholic churches completed in 1925 20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Uganda

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