Diocese of Cyangugu, Rwanda 🇷🇼

Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Cyangugu / Cyanguguen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Kigali

Neighbouring Dioceses: Bukavu (←), Nyundo (↗), Gikongoro (→), Bubanza (↘)

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1981.11.05: Established as Diocese of Cyangugu / Cyanguguen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Nyundo and became suffragan of Kigali)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2021.02.06 – ...):

Bishop Edouard Sinayobye (59)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Cyangugu (Roman Rite)

Bishop Edouard Sinayobye (59)
(2021.02.06 – ...)

Bishop of Cyangugu (Rwanda)

Fraternitas in Christo

Born:	1966.04.20 (Gisagara, Rwanda)
Ordained Priest:	2000.08.12
Consecrated Bishop:	2021.03.25

Priest of Butare (Rwanda) (2000.08.12 – 2021.02.06)

Bishop of Cyangugu (Rwanda) (2021.02.06 – ...)

Bishop Jean Damascène Bimenyimana
(1997.01.02 – 2018.03.11)

In humilitate et caritate

Born:	1953.06.22 (Shangi, Rwanda)
Ordained Priest:	1980.07.06
Consecrated Bishop:	1997.03.16
Died:	2018.03.11 (Kanombe, Rwanda † 64)

Bishop of Cyangugu (Rwanda) (1997.01.02 – 2018.03.11)

Archbishop Thaddée Ntihinyurwa (83)
(Apostolic Administrator 1996.03.25 – 1997.01.02)

Bishop Thaddée Ntihinyurwa (83) (later Archbishop)
(1981.11.05 – 1996.03.09)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Kigali (Rwanda)

Ut unum sint

Born:	1942.09.25 (Kibeho, Rwanda)
Ordained Priest:	1971.07.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1982.01.24

Priest of Gikongoro (Rwanda) (1971.07.11 – 1981.11.05)

Bishop of Cyangugu (Rwanda) (1981.11.05 – 1996.03.09)

Apostolic Administrator of Kigali (Rwanda) (1994.11.11 – 1996.03.09)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Kigali (Rwanda) (1996.03.09 – 2018.11.19)

Apostolic Administrator of Cyangugu (Rwanda) (1996.03.25 – 1997.01.02)

President of Episcopal Conference of Rwanda (1999 – 2003)

Apostolic Administrator of Kabgayi (Rwanda) (2004 – 2006)

Apostolic Administrator of Kibungo (Rwanda) (2010 – 2013)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Rwanda (2015.12 – 2022.12.02)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathédrale du Cœur Immaculé de Marie, Cyangugu, Ouest

Bukavu (←), Nyundo (↗), Gikongoro (→), Bubanza (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 1,125 km²

Population: 337,461 Catholics (41.9% of 804,811 total)

Pastoral Centres: 21 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 89 priests (80 diocesan, 9 religious), 226 religious (37 brothers, 189 sisters), 38 seminarians