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Metropolitan see Kigali, Rwanda

Archdiocese of Kigali

Kigalien(sis)

Latin Church

The Archdiocese of Kigali is the sole metropolitan archdiocese of Rwanda, erected directly as a metropolitan see on 10 April 1976 from the Archdiocese of Kabgayi. Its seat is St. Michael's Cathedral in Kigali, and its ordinary is Cardinal Antoine Kambanda, created cardinal in 2020.

On the map

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The address the register holds for St. Michael's Cathedral, in Kigali, Rwanda.

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Established
1976
Catholics
714,982
Priests
184
Territory
3,271 km²

Parishes and churches

44 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Archbishop
Antoine Kambanda
Born
10 November 1958
Birthplace
Nyamata

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The cathedral

St. Michael's Cathedral stands in Kigali, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

Rwanda's only archdiocese, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kigali (Latin: Archidioecesis Kigaliensis), was erected from the Archdiocese of Kabgayi by Pope Paul VI on April 10, 1976. Its suffragan sees are Butare, Byumba, Cyangugu, Gikongoro, Kabgayi, Kibungo, Nyundo, and Ruhengeri. St. Michael's Cathedral is the mother church of the archdiocese and the seat of its archbishop.

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