Byumba diocese
| Byumba diocese | |
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| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Rwanda |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Kigali |
| Diocesan bishop | Servilien Nzakamwita |
| Vicar General | Didace Ruzindana |
| founding | 1981 |
| surface | 5,100 km² |
| Parishes | 17 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Residents | 1,287,493 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics | 575,456 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| proportion of | 44.7% |
| Diocesan priest | 47 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious priest | 4 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 11,283 |
| Friars | 19 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious sisters | 145 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Website | http://diocesebyumba.org/ |
The Bistum Byumba ( lat. : Dioecesis Byumbanus ) is in Rwanda preferred Roman Catholic diocese based in Byumba .
history
The Byumba diocese was established on November 5, 1981 by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution Quandoquidem experientia from ceding territories of the Kabgayi , Kibungo and Ruhengeri dioceses and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Kigali as a suffragan diocese.
Bishops of Byumba
- Joseph Ruzindana , 1981-1994
- Servilien Nzakamwita , since 1996
See also
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apost. Quandoquidem experientia , AAS 74 (1982), n.2, pp. 193f.