Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Kigali

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kigali

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kigali

Archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Rwanda


The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kigali (Latin: Archidioecesis Kigaliensis) is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Rwanda. It was erected from the Archdiocese of Kabgayi by Pope Paul VI on April 10, 1976, with the suffragan sees of Butare, Byumba, Cyangugu, Gikongoro, Kabgayi, Kibungo, Nyundo, Ruhengeri. It is the only archdiocese within Rwanda.

The motherchurch of the archdiocese and thus seat of its archbishop is St. Michael's Cathedral.

Bishops

List of archbishops of Kigali

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

  • Célestin Hakizimana, appointed Bishop of Gikongoro in 2014
  • Anaclet Mwumvaneza, appointed Bishop of Nyundo in 2016

See also


References

  1. "Resignations and Appointments, 19.11.2018" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 19 November 2018. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
Additional sources
  • "Church Politics and the Genocide in Rwanda", Timothy Longman, Journal of Religion in Africa, Vol. 31, Fasc. 2, Religion and War in the 1990s (May, 2001), pp. 163–186 doi:10.2307/1581515

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