Diocese of Kabgayi
Kabgayen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Kabgayi, Rwanda
The Diocese of Kabgayi is a Latin Catholic diocese in Rwanda, established as a diocese in 1976 and tracing its roots to the 1922 Vicariate Apostolic of Ruanda. A suffragan of Kigali, it has been led since 2023 by Bishop Balthazar Ntivuguruzwa.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 10 April 1976
- Latin
- Kabgayen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001771
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 683,452
- Population
- 974,075
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 70.2%
- Priests
- 103
- Catholics per priest
- 6,635
- Extent
- 2,187 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 313
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
- Balthazar Ntivuguruzwa
- Born
- 15 September 1967
- Birthplace
- Muhanga
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 Basilica of Our Lady stands in Kabgayi, 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 ByumbaByumba
- Diocese of CyanguguCyangugu
- Diocese of GikongoroGikongoro
- Diocese of KibungoKibungo
- Diocese of NyundoNyundo
- Diocese of RuhengeriRuhengeri
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The city of Kabgayi in Rwanda gives its name to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kabgayi (Latin: Kabgayen(sis)), which lies within the ecclesiastical province 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.