Suffragan diocese Kabgayi, Rwanda
Diocese of Kabgayi
Kabgayen(sis)
Latin Church
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.
On the map
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- Established
- 1976
- Catholics
- 683,452
- Priests
- 103
- Territory
- 2,187 km²
Parishes and churches
29 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Paroisse ByimanaTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse CyezaTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse GiharaTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse GitaramaTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse GitareTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse KabacuziTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse KabgayiTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse KabugaTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse KamonyiTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse KanyanzaTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse KarambiTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse KayenziTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse KibanguTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse KigomaTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse KinaziTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse KivumuTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse KizibereTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse MuginaTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse MusambiraTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse MushishiroTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse MuyunzweTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse NgambaTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse NtarabanaTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse NyabinoniTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse NyabinyengaTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse NyarusangeTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse NzukiTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse RuhangoTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse RuyenziTown not recordedView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Balthazar Ntivuguruzwa
- Born
- 15 September 1967
- Birthplace
- Muhanga
Explore the ministry of 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.
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.