Diocese of

Nyundo

Rwanda

Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Nyundo / Nyundoën(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Kigali

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Website:

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1952.02.14: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Nyundo / Nyundoën(sis) (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Ruanda)
1959.11.10: Promoted as Diocese of Nyundo / Nyundoën(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Kabgayi)
1960.12.20: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Ruhengeri
1976.04.10: Became suffragan of Kigali
1981.11.05: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Cyangugu

Present Prelates

Bishop (2016.03.11 – ...):

Bishop Anaclet Mwumvaneza (69)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Nyundo (Roman Rite)

Bishop Anaclet Mwumvaneza (69)
(2016.03.11 – ...)

Bishop of Nyundo (Rwanda)

Misericordes sicut Pater

Born:	1956.12.04 (Murambi, Rwanda)
Ordained Priest:	1991.07.25
Consecrated Bishop:	2016.05.21

Priest of Kigali (Rwanda) (1991.07.25 – 2016.03.11)

Bishop of Nyundo (Rwanda) (2016.03.11 – ...)

Bishop Alexis Habiyambere, S.J. (86)
(1997.01.02 – 2016.03.11)

Bishop emeritus of Nyundo (Rwanda)

Born:	1939.08 (Save, Rwanda)
Ordained Priest:	1976.08.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1997.03.22

Bishop of Nyundo (Rwanda) (1997.01.02 – 2016.03.11)

President of Episcopal Conference of Rwanda (2003.10 – 2010.03)

Bishop Wenceslas Kalibushi
(1976.12.09 – 1997.01.02)

Born:	1919.06.29 (Byimana, Rwanda)
Ordained Priest:	1947.07.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1977.03.27
Died:	1997.12.20 († 78)

Bishop of Nyundo (Rwanda) (1976.12.09 – 1997.01.02)

Bishop Vincent Nsengiyumva (later Archbishop)
(1973.12.17 – 1976.04.10)

Born:	1936.02.10 (Rwaza, Rwanda)
Ordained Priest:	1966.06.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1974.06.02
Died:	1994.06.07 († 58)

Bishop of Nyundo (Rwanda) (1973.12.17 – 1976.04.10)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Kigali (Rwanda) (1976.04.10 – 1994.06.07)

President of Episcopal Conference of Rwanda (1980 – 1983)

President of Episcopal Conference of Rwanda (1991 – 1994)

Bishop Aloys Bigirumwami
(1959.11.10 – 1973.12.17)

Induamur arma lucis

Born:	1904.12.22 (Zaza, Rwanda)
Ordained Priest:	1929.05.26
Consecrated Bishop:	1952.06.01
Died:	1986.06.03 († 81)

Titular Bishop of Garriana (1952.02.14 – 1959.11.10)

Vicar Apostolic of Nyundo (Rwanda) (1952.02.14 – 1959.11.10)

Bishop of Nyundo (Rwanda) (1959.11.10 – 1973.12.17)

Vicars Apostolic of Nyundo (Roman Rite)

Bishop Aloys Bigirumwami
(1952.02.14 – 1959.11.10)

(see above)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathédrale Notre-Dame de l’Annonciation, Nyundo, Ouest

Cyangugu (↙), Goma (↖), Ruhengeri (↗), Kabgayi (↘), Gikongoro (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 4,000 km²

Population: 663,372 Catholics (35.2% of 1,886,359 total)

Pastoral Centres: 28 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 102 priests (diocesan), 148 religious (27 brothers, 121 sisters), 65 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2026.01.09

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