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Suffragan diocese Kabgayi, Rwanda

Diocese of Kabgayi

Kabgayen(sis)

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

Esri
The address the register holds for Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady, in Kabgayi, Rwanda.

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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.

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

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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.