Diocese of Gikongoro, Rwanda 🇷🇼

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Gikongoro / Ghikongoroën(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Kigali

Neighbouring Dioceses: Cyangugu (←), Nyundo (↑), Kabgayi (↗), Butare (↘), Bubanza (↓)

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1992.03.30: Established as Diocese of Gikongoro / Ghikongoroën(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Butare and became suffragan of Kigali)

Bishop (2014.11.26 – ...):

Bishop Célestin Hakizimana (62)

Bishops of Gikongoro (Roman Rite)

Bishop Célestin Hakizimana (62)
(2014.11.26 – ...)

Bishop of Gikongoro (Rwanda)

Priest of Kigali (Rwanda) (1991.07.21 – 2014.11.26)

General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Rwanda (2011 – 2015)

Bishop of Gikongoro (Rwanda) (2014.11.26 – ...)

Bishop Philippe Rukamba (77)
(Apostolic Administrator 2012.05.28 – 2014.11.26)

Bishop Jean-Baptiste Gahamanyi
(Apostolic Administrator sede plena 1994.11.11 – 1995?)

Bishop Augustin Misago
(1992.03.30 – 2012.03.12)

Bishop of Gikongoro (Rwanda) (1992.03.30 – 2012.03.12)

Cyangugu (←), Nyundo (↑), Kabgayi (↗), Butare (↘), Bubanza (↓)

Area: 2,057 km²

Population: 254,485 Catholics (39.8% of 639,225 total)

Pastoral Centres: 17 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 53 priests (45 diocesan, 8 religious), 141 religious (27 brothers, 114 sisters), 40 seminarians