Diocese of Gikongoro
| Diocese of Gikongoro | |
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| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Rwanda |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Kigali |
| Diocesan bishop | Celestin Hazikimana |
| founding | 1992 |
| surface | 2,057 km² |
| Parishes | 11 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Residents | 600,000 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics | 264,000 (December 31, 2007 / AP2009 ) |
| proportion of | 44% |
| Diocesan priest | 23 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious priest | 7 (December 31, 2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 8,800 |
| Friars | 7 (December 31, 2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious sisters | 43 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
The Bistum Gikongoro ( lat. : Dioecesis Ghikongoroensis ) is in Rwanda preferred Roman Catholic diocese based in Gikongoro .
history
The diocese of Gikongoro was established on March 30, 1992 by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution Tantis quidem from cession of the diocese of Butare and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Kigali as a suffragan .
Bishops of Gikongoro
- Augustin Misago , 1992–2012
- Célestin Hazikimana , since 2014
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apost. Tantis quidem , AAS 84 (1992), n.9, p. 826f.