Diocese of Butare

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Diocese of Butare
Map of the Bishopric of Butare
Basic data
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

Bishops of Butare

  • Jean-Baptiste Gahamanyi (November 12, 1963 - January 2, 1997)
  • Philippe Rukamba (since January 2, 1997)

See also

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