Diocese of Nyundo
Nyundoën(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Nyundo, Rwanda
The Diocese of Nyundo in Rwanda began as an apostolic vicariate in 1952 and was raised to a diocese in 1959. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Kigali and has been led by Bishop Anaclet Mwumvaneza since 2016.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 10 November 1959
- Latin
- Nyundoën(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001002435
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 683,433
- Priests
- 102
- Catholics per priest
- 6,700
- Extent
- 4,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 171
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
- Anaclet Mwumvaneza
- Born
- 4 December 1956
- Birthplace
- Murambi
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 Nuestra Señora de la Anunciación stands in Nyundo, 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 KibungoKibungo
- Diocese of RuhengeriRuhengeri
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
With headquarters at Nyundo, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Nyundo is a jurisdiction of the Roman Catholic Church in Rwanda. Pope Pius XII erected it on February 14, 1952 as the Apostolic Vicariate of Nyundo, carved from part of the Apostolic Vicariate of Ruanda, and Pope John XXIII raised it to a diocese on November 10, 1959. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Kigali, and Anaclet Mwumvaneza currently serves as its bishop.
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].