Catholic ChurchinRwandese Republic (Rwanda) |
Also known as: le Rwanda (français), Ruanda (Deutsch, español, Italiano, Português, latine), Rwanda (polski), 盧旺達 (正體中文), ルワンダ (日本語)
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Apostolic Nunciature: Rwanda
Conference of Bishops: Conférence Episcopale du Rwanda (C.Ep.R.)
International Meeting of Bishops’ Conferences: Association des Conférences Episcopales de l’Afrique Centrale (A.C.E.A.C.)
International Meeting of Bishops’ Conferences: Symposium des Conférences Episcopales d’Afrique et de Madagascar (S.C.E.A.M.)
Cathedrals (9)
Basilicas (1)
Patron Saint: Assomption de la Vierge Marie
Continent: Eastern and Central Africa
Capital: Kigali
Area: 24,668 km²
Population: 11,901,484
Former Name: Ruanda-Urundi, German East Africa
Neighbouring Countries: ← Congo-Kinshasa , ↑ Uganda , → Tanzania , ↓ Burundi
Religions: Protestant 49.5% (includes Adventist 11.8% and other Protestant 37.7%), Roman Catholic 43.7%, Muslim 2%, other 0.9% (includes Jehovah's Witness), none 2.5%, unspecified 1.3%
Languages: Kinyarwanda (official, universal Bantu vernacular) 93.2%, French (official) <.1, English (official) <.1, Swahili/Kiswahili (official, used in commercial centers) <.1, more than one language, others 6.3%, unspecified 0.3%
Ethnic Groups: Hutu, Tutsi, Twa (Pygmy)
Motto: Ubumwe, Umurimo, Gukunda Igihugu (Kinyarwanda) (Unity, Work, Patriotism)
Area: 26,338 km²
Catholic Population: 6,066,000 Catholics (46.8% of 12,956,000 total)
Pastoral Centres: 215 parishes, 203 mission stations (without resident priest), 8 other centres
Clergy: 13 bishops (8 diocesan, 5 titular), 962 priests (754 diocesan, 208 religious)
Non-Clergy: 2,789 religious (314 brothers, 2,475 sisters), 166 members of secular institutes (sisters), 662 major seminarians, 27 missionaries, 10,334 catechists
Last updated on 2024.12.16
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