[2] 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.

[4] 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.

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.

Other attendees included Archbishops from Burundi, England, the Indian Ocean, Kenya, the Middle East, Nigeria, Rwanda, Scotland and Sudan.