Diocese of Byumba
Byumban(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Byumba, Rwanda
Latin rite diocese in northern Rwanda, erected on 5 November 1981 from portions of the dioceses of Kabgayi, Kibungo and Ruhengeri. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Kigali and is led by Bishop Papias Musengamana, appointed in 2022.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 5 November 1981
- Latin
- Byumban(us)
- Annuario code
- 001000994
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 801,689
- Population
- 1,723,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 46.5%
- Priests
- 108
- Catholics per priest
- 7,423
- Extent
- 5,100 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 157
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Papias Musengamana
- Born
- 21 August 1967
- Birthplace
- Byimana
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of the Immaculate Heart of Mary stands in Byumba, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Kigali
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Kigali.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of KigaliKigali
- Diocese of ButareButare
- Diocese of CyanguguCyangugu
- Diocese of GikongoroGikongoro
- Diocese of KabgayiKabgayi
- Diocese of KibungoKibungo
- Diocese of NyundoNyundo
- Diocese of RuhengeriRuhengeri
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Pope John Paul II erected the Roman Catholic Diocese of Byumba (Latin: Dioecesis Byumbanus) on November 5, 1981. This Rwandan diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Kigali.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.