Diocese of Nyundo
| Diocese of Nyundo | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | Rwanda |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Kigali |
| Diocesan bishop | Anaclet Mwumvaneza |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Alexis Habiyambere SJ |
| founding | 1952 |
| surface | 4,000 km² |
| Parishes | 19 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| Residents | 1,393,147 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| Catholics | 516,483 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| proportion of | 37.1% |
| Diocesan priest | 49 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| Religious priest | 1 (December 31, 2004 / AP2005 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 10,330 |
| Friars | 20 (December 31, 2004 / AP2005 ) |
| Religious sisters | 71 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Website | http://www.nyundodiocese.info/ |
The diocese Nyundo ( lat. : Dioecesis Nyundoensis ) is in Rwanda preferred Roman Catholic diocese based in Nyundo .
history
Pope Pius XII founded the Apostolic Vicariate Surabaia on February 14, 1952 out of territory of the Apostolic Vicariate Rwanda . With the Apostolic Constitution Cum parvulum it was raised on November 10, 1959 to the rank of diocese, which was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Kigali as a suffragan .
It lost parts of its territory in favor of the establishment of the following dioceses:
- December 20, 1960 to the Diocese of Ruhengeri ;
- November 5, 1981 to the Diocese of Cyangugu .
territory
The diocese of Nyundo comprises the districts of Karongi, Ngororero, Nyabihu, Rubavu and Rutsiro in the Rwandan western province .
Ordinaries
Vicar Apostolic of Nyundo
- Aloys Bigirumwami (February 14, 1952– November 10, 1959)
Bishops of Nyundo
- Aloys Bigirumwami (November 10, 1959– December 17, 1973)
- Vincent Nsengiyumva (December 17, 1973– April 10, 1976, then Archbishop of Kigali )
- Wenzel Kalibushi (December 9, 1976– January 2, 1997)
- Alexis Habiyambere SJ (January 2, 1997– March 11, 2016)
- Anaclet Mwumvaneza (since March 11, 2016)
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 | |||
| 1970 | 250,667 | 878.081 | 28.5 | 85 | 65 | 20th | 2,949 | 58 | 156 | 23 | |
| 1980 | 423.433 | 1,172,000 | 36.1 | 86 | 68 | 18th | 4,923 | 68 | 132 | 26th | |
| 1988 | 385,675 | 1,108,513 | 34.8 | 65 | 57 | 8th | 5,933 | 39 | 110 | 18th | |
| 1999 | 420.055 | 1,108,654 | 37.9 | 24 | 24 | 17,502 | 7th | 28 | 19th | ||
| 2000 | 462,592 | 1,170,542 | 39.5 | 27 | 27 | 17.133 | 4th | 39 | 19th | ||
| 2001 | 453.885 | 1,300,382 | 34.9 | 40 | 40 | 11,347 | 9 | 62 | 19th | ||
| 2002 | 494,898 | 1,334,767 | 37.1 | 38 | 38 | 13,023 | 10 | 70 | 19th | ||
| 2003 | 510.969 | 1,377,346 | 37.1 | 43 | 43 | 11,883 | 13 | 72 | 19th | ||
| 2004 | 516.483 | 1,393,147 | 37.1 | 50 | 49 | 1 | 10,329 | 20th | 71 | 19th | |