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Diocese of Nyundo

Nyundoën(sis)

Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Nyundo, Rwanda

The Diocese of Nyundo in Rwanda began as an apostolic vicariate in 1952 and was raised to a diocese in 1959. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Kigali and has been led by Bishop Anaclet Mwumvaneza since 2016.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
10 November 1959
Latin
Nyundoën(sis)
Annuario code
001002435

The see in figures

Catholics
683,433
Population
1,886,359
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
36.2%
Priests
102
Catholics per priest
6,700
Extent
4,000 km²
Catholics per km²
171

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
Anaclet Mwumvaneza
Born
4 December 1956
Birthplace
Murambi

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 Nuestra Señora de la Anunciación stands in Nyundo, 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:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

History

With headquarters at Nyundo, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Nyundo is a jurisdiction of the Roman Catholic Church in Rwanda. Pope Pius XII erected it on February 14, 1952 as the Apostolic Vicariate of Nyundo, carved from part of the Apostolic Vicariate of Ruanda, and Pope John XXIII raised it to a diocese on November 10, 1959. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Kigali, and Anaclet Mwumvaneza currently serves as its bishop.

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Sources

The see's own website · Wikipedia

Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.