Roman Catholic Diocese of Kabgayi

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Diocese of Kabgayi
Dioecesis Kabgayensis
Statistics
Country: Rwanda
Metropolitan: Kigali
Rite: Latin Rite
Area: 2,187 km²
Population:
  Total:
  Catholics:
974,075 (2004)
600,273 (61.6%)
Cathedral: Cathedral of Our Lady
Ordinaries
Bishop: Smaragde Mbonyintege

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kabgayi {Latin: Kabgayen(sis)} is a diocese located in the city of Kabgayi in the Ecclesiastical province of Kigali in Rwanda.

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[edit] History

  • April 25, 1922: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Ruanda from the Apostolic Vicariate of Kivu in the Congo
  • February 14, 1952: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Kabgayi
  • November 10, 1959: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kabgayi
  • April 10, 1976: Demoted as Diocese of Kabgayi

[edit] Leadership

  • Bishops of Kabgayi (Roman rite)
    • Bishop Smaragde Mbonyintege (since 2006.01.21)
    • Bishop Anastase Mutabazi (1996.03.13 – 2004.12.10)
    • Fr. André Sibomana (Apostolic Administrator 1994.11.11 – 1996.03.13)
    • Bishop Thaddée Nsengiyumva (1989.10.07 – 1994.06.07)
    • Archbishop André Perraudin, M. Afr. (1976.04.10 – 1989.10.07)
  • Metropolitan Archbishops of Kabgayi (Roman rite)
    • Archbishop André Perraudin, M. Afr. (1959.11.10 – 1976.04.10)
  • Vicars Apostolic of Kabgayi (Roman rite)
    • Archbishop André Perraudin, M. Afr. (1955.12.19 – 1959.11.10)
    • Bishop Laurent-François Déprimoz, M. Afr. (1952.02.14 – 1955.04.15)
  • Vicars Apostolic of Ruanda (Roman rite)
    • Bishop Laurent-François Déprimoz, M. Afr. (1945.01.31 – 1952.02.14)
    • Bishop Léon-Paul Classe, M. Afr. (1922.04.10 – 1945.01.31)

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