Metropolitan Archdiocese of

Kigali

Rwanda

Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Kigali / Kigalien(sis) (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Butare, Byumba, Cyangugu, Gikongoro, Kabgayi, Kibungo, Nyundo, Ruhengeri

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Websites:

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1976.04.10: Established as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kigali / Kigalien(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kabgayi and with suffragan sees Butare, Kabgayi, Kibungo, Nyundo and Ruhengeri)
1981.11.05: Gained suffragan sees Byumba and Cyangugu
1992.03.30: Gained suffragan see Gikongoro

Papal Visits

Pope John Paul II (1990.09)

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2018.11.19 – ...):

Cardinal Antoine Kambanda (65)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Sisto

President of Episcopal Conference of Rwanda

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Kigali (Roman Rite)

Cardinal Antoine Kambanda (65)
(2018.11.19 – ...)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Sisto
Metropolitan Archbishop of Kigali (Rwanda)
President of Episcopal Conference of Rwanda

Ut vitam habeant

Born:	1958.11.10 (Kigali, Rwanda)
Ordained Priest:	1990.09.08
Consecrated Bishop:	2013.07.20
Created Cardinal:	2020.11.28

Priest of Kabgayi (Rwanda) (1990.09.08 – 2013.05.07)

Bishop of Kibungo (Rwanda) (2013.05.07 – 2018.11.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Kigali (Rwanda) (2018.11.19 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Kibungo (Rwanda) (2019.01.27 – 2023.02.20)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Sisto (2020.11.28 [2022.06.26] – ...)

President of Episcopal Conference of Rwanda (2022.12.02 – ...)

Archbishop Thaddée Ntihinyurwa (81)
(1996.03.09 – 2018.11.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Kigali (Rwanda)

Born:	1942.09.25 (Kibeho, Rwanda)
Ordained Priest:	1971.07.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1982.01.24

Priest of Gikongoro (Rwanda) (1971.07.11 – 1981.11.05)

Bishop of Cyangugu (Rwanda) (1981.11.05 – 1996.03.09)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Kigali (Rwanda) (1996.03.09 – 2018.11.19)

Apostolic Administrator of Cyangugu (Rwanda) (1996.03.25 – 1997.01.02)

President of Episcopal Conference of Rwanda (1999 – 2003)

Apostolic Administrator of Kabgayi (Rwanda) (2004 – 2006)

Apostolic Administrator of Kibungo (Rwanda) (2010 – 2013)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Rwanda (2015.12 – 2022.12.02)

Archbishop Vincent Nsengiyumva
(1976.04.10 – 1994.06.07)

Born:	1936.02.10 (Rwanda)
Ordained Priest:	1966.06.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1974.06.02
Died:	1994.06.07 († 58)

Bishop of Nyundo (Rwanda) (1973.12.17 – 1976.04.10)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Kigali (Rwanda) (1976.04.10 – 1994.06.07)

President of Episcopal Conference of Rwanda (1980 – 1983)

President of Episcopal Conference of Rwanda (1991 – 1994)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathédrale Saint-Michel, Kigali, Ville de Kigali

Butare (↙), Kabgayi (←), Byumba (↑), Kibungo (→), Muyinga (↓)

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 3,271 km²

Population: 703,872 Catholics (35.6% of 1,977,227 total)

Pastoral Centres: 36 parishes

Personnel: 172 priests (108 diocesan, 64 religious), 950 religious (229 brothers, 721 sisters), 64 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2024.05.12

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