Diocese of Kibungo
Kibungen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Kibungo, Rwanda
The Diocese of Kibungo is a Latin Catholic see in eastern Rwanda, erected on 5 September 1968. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Kigali.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 5 September 1968
- Latin
- Kibungen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001847
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 377,022
- Population
- 1,063,554
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 35.4%
- Priests
- 71
- Catholics per priest
- 5,310
- Extent
- 2,670 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 141
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
- Jean-Marie Vianney Twagirayezu
- Born
- 21 July 1960
- Birthplace
- Nyundo
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
Catedral de San Pedro stands in Kibungo, 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 KabgayiKabgayi
- Diocese of NyundoNyundo
- Diocese of RuhengeriRuhengeri
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Erected on 5 September 1968 by Pope John XXIII, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kibungo (Latin: Dioecesis Kibungensis) is an ecclesiastical territory of the Catholic Church in Rwanda, suffragan to 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.