Diocese of Butare
| Diocese of Butare | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | Rwanda |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Kigali |
| Diocesan bishop | Philippe Rukamba |
| founding | 1961 |
| surface | 1,958 km² |
| Parishes | 23 ( 12/31/2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Residents | 848.857 ( 12/31/2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Catholics | 474.045 (December 31, 2006 / AP2007 ) |
| proportion of | 55.8% |
| Diocesan priest | 104 ( 12/31/2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Religious priest | 21 ( 12/31/2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 3,792 |
| Permanent deacons | 2 (December 31, 2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Friars | 95 ( 12/31/2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Religious sisters | 408 ( 12/31/2006 / AP2007 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Kinyarwanda, French and English |
| Website | http://butarecatholicdiocese.com/church/homepage/ |
The Bistum Butare ( lat. : Dioecesis Butarensis ) is in Rwanda preferred Roman Catholic diocese based in Butare .
history
Pope John XXIII founded the diocese of Astrida with the Apostolic Constitution Gaudet sancta on September 11, 1961 from cession of territory by the diocese of Kabgayi . With the Apostolic Constitution Exsultat sancta Mater Ecclesia she was raised to the diocese on August 8, 1962.
It took its current name on November 12, 1963. On March 30, 1992 it lost part of its territory to the Gikongoro diocese .
territory
The Diocese of Butare includes the districts Gisagara, Huye and Nyanza in the province of Southern Province .
Ordinaries
Bishop of Astrida
- Jean-Baptiste Gahamanyi (September 11, 1961 - November 12, 1963)
Bishops of Butare
- Jean-Baptiste Gahamanyi (November 12, 1963 - January 2, 1997)
- Philippe Rukamba (since January 2, 1997)