Diocese of Ruhengeri
Ruhengerien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Ruhengeri, Rwanda
The Diocese of Ruhengeri is a Latin Catholic diocese in northern Rwanda, centered in Musanze, erected in 1960. It is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Kigali and is led by Bishop Vincent Harolimana.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 20 December 1960
- Latin
- Ruhengerien(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001002781
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 373,559
- Priests
- 74
- Catholics per priest
- 5,048
- Extent
- 1,665 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 224
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
- Vincent Harolimana
- Born
- 2 September 1962
- Birthplace
- Mpembe
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 Fátima stands in Ruhengeri, 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 NyundoNyundo
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Rwanda's Diocese of Ruhengeri (Latin: Dioecesis Ruhengeriensis) was erected on 20 December 1960 by Pope John XXIII. A suffragan of the Archdiocese of Kigali, it counts 11 parishes and takes in the former Ruhengeri province, now within the Musanze district. Vincent Harolimana is the current 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].