Suffragan diocese Kibungo, Rwanda
Diocese of Kibungo
Kibungen(sis)
Latin Church
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.
On the map
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- Established
- 1968
- Catholics
- 377,022
- Priests
- 71
- Territory
- 2,670 km²
Parishes and churches
20 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Paroisse KibungoKibungo · CathedralView parish
- Paroisse BareBareView parish
- Paroisse GaharaGaharaView parish
- Paroisse GashiruGashiruView parish
- Paroisse GishandaGishandaView parish
- Paroisse KabarondoKabarondoView parish
- Paroisse KansanaKansanaView parish
- Paroisse KireheKireheView parish
- Paroisse KiyanziKiyanziView parish
- Paroisse MukarangeMukarangeView parish
- Paroisse MunyagaMunyagaView parish
- Paroisse MusazaMusazaView parish
- Paroisse NyarubuyeNyarubuyeView parish
- Paroisse RuhundaRuhundaView parish
- Paroisse RukaraRukaraView parish
- Paroisse RukiraRukiraView parish
- Paroisse RukomaRukomaView parish
- Paroisse RusumoRusumoView parish
- Paroisse RwamaganaRwamaganaView parish
- Paroisse ZazaZazaView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Jean-Marie Vianney Twagirayezu
- Born
- 21 July 1960
- Birthplace
- Nyundo
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The cathedral
Catedral 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.
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.