Diocese of Kabgayi
Diocese of Kabgayi | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Rwanda |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Kigali |
Diocesan bishop | Emeralds Mbonyintege |
Emeritus diocesan bishop | Anastase Mutabazi |
founding | 1922 |
surface | 2,187 km² |
Parishes | 25 (December 31, 2006 / AP2007 ) |
Residents | 969,668 ( 12/31/2006 / AP2007 ) |
Catholics | 596,596 ( 12/31/2006 / AP2007 ) |
proportion of | 61.5% |
Diocesan priest | 70 ( 12/31/2006 / AP2007 ) |
Religious priest | 15 ( 12/31/2006 / AP2007 ) |
Catholics per priest | 7,019 |
Friars | 58 ( 12/31/2006 / AP2007 ) |
Religious sisters | 258 (December 31, 2006 / AP2007 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
cathedral | Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady |
The Bistum Kabgayi ( lat. : Dioecesis Kabgayensis ) is in Rwanda preferred Roman Catholic diocese based in Kabgayi . It includes the districts of Kamonyi , Muhanga and Ruhango the Southern Province .
history
Pope Pius XI founded the Apostolic Vicariate of Rwanda on April 25, 1922 from cessions of territory of the Apostolic Vicariate Kivu . On February 14, 1952, it took the name, Apostolic Vicariate Kabgayi.
With the Apostolic Constitution Cum parvulum it was elevated to the rank of Metropolitan Archbishopric on November 10, 1959 . On April 10, 1976, it was downgraded with the bull Cum Venerabiles to a suffragan diocese of the newly established Archdiocese of Kigali .
It lost parts of its territory in favor of the establishment of the following dioceses:
- February 14, 1952 to the Vicariate Apostolic Nyundo ;
- December 20, 1960 to the Diocese of Ruhengeri ;
- September 11, 1961 to the diocese of Astrida ;
- September 5, 1968 to the Diocese of Kibungo ;
- April 10, 1976 to the Archdiocese of Kigali ;
- November 5, 1981 to the Byumba diocese .
Ordinaries
Vicars Apostolic of Rwanda
- Léon-Paul Classe MAfr (1922-1945)
- Laurent-François Déprimoz MAfr (1945–1952)
Vicars Apostolic of Kabgayi
- Laurent-François Déprimoz MAfr (1952–1955)
- André Perraudin MAfr (1955–1959)
Archbishop of Kabgayi
- André Perraudin MAfr (1959–1976)
Bishops of Kabgayi
- André Perraudin MAfr (1976-1989)
- Thaddée Nsengiyumva (1989-1994)
- Anastase Mutabazi (1996-2004)
- Emeralds Mbonyintege (since 2006)
statistics
year | population | priest | Permanent deacons | Religious | Parishes | ||||||
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Catholics | Residents | % | Total number | Diocesan priest | Religious priest | Catholics per priest | Friars | Religious sisters | |||
1949 | 331.144 | 1,356,291 | 24.4 | 169 | 81 | 88 | 1,959 | 72 | 234 | 43 | |
1970 | 320.407 | 721.860 | 44.4 | 105 | 55 | 50 | 3,051 | 149 | 148 | 85 | |
1980 | 276.181 | 562,000 | 49.1 | 36 | 19th | 17th | 7,671 | 40 | 74 | 15th | |
1990 | 397.341 | 699.466 | 56.8 | 65 | 49 | 16 | 6.112 | 55 | 102 | 17th | |
1999 | 456.053 | 761,516 | 59.9 | 51 | 46 | 5 | 8,942 | 32 | 204 | 21st | |
2000 | 471,804 | 799.748 | 59.0 | 87 | 83 | 4th | 5,423 | 25th | 178 | 21st | |
2001 | 509.253 | 837.087 | 60.8 | 86 | 82 | 4th | 5,921 | 33 | 130 | 21st | |
2002 | 528.633 | 867.092 | 61.0 | 98 | 91 | 7th | 5,394 | 40 | 186 | 21st | |
2003 | 549.745 | 912.097 | 60.3 | 70 | 61 | 9 | 7,853 | 31 | 188 | 22nd | |
2004 | 600.273 | 974.075 | 61.6 | 79 | 68 | 11 | 7,598 | 53 | 216 | 22nd | |
2006 | 596,596 | 969,668 | 61.5 | 85 | 70 | 15th | 7,018 | 58 | 258 | 24 |
See also
Web links
- Entry on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
- Entry on the Diocese of Kabgayi on Giga-Catholic (English)