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
- 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
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.
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].