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 share
- 70.2%
- Priests
- 103
- Catholics per priest
- 6,635
- Extent
- 2,187 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 313
of the people living within its bounds
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.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].