Diocese of

Butare

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Area: 1,958 km²

Population: 631,680 Catholics (54.6% of 1,157,910 total) (2017)

Statistics: 26 parishes, 135 priests (91 diocesan, 44 religious), 610 lay religious (120 brothers, 490 sisters), 68 seminarians (2017)

Ecclesiastical Province: Kigali

1961.09.11: Established as Diocese of Astrida / Astridæn(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kabgayi)
1963.11.12: Renamed as Diocese of Butare / Butaren(sis) (Latin)
1992.03.30: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Gikongoro

Bishop (1997.01.02 – ...):

Bishop Philippe Rukamba (72)

President of Episcopal Conference of Rwanda

Bishops of Butare (Roman Rite)

Bishop Philippe Rukamba (72)
(1997.01.02 – ...)

Bishop of Butare (Rwanda) (1997.01.02 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Gikongoro (Rwanda) (2012.05.28 – 2014.11.26)

President of Episcopal Conference of Rwanda (2015.12 – ...)

Bishop Jean-Baptiste Gahamanyi
(1963.11.12 – 1997.01.02)

Bishop of Astrida (Rwanda) (1961.09.11 – 1963.11.12)

Bishop of Butare (Rwanda) (1963.11.12 – 1997.01.02)

Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Gikongoro (Rwanda) (1994.11.11 – 1995?)

Bishops of Astrida (Roman Rite)

Bishop Jean-Baptiste Gahamanyi
(1961.09.11 – 1963.11.12)

(see above)

as of 2020.06.16