The episcopate of the country is the Episcopal Conference of Rwanda (
French: Conférence Episcopal du Rwanda, CEPR) that was established on June 6, 1980; previously existed the Assemble Bishops of
Rwanda
Rwanda (; rw, u Rwanda ), officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley of Central Africa, where the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa converge. Located a few degrees south of the Equator ...
.
The conference is a member of the
Association of Episcopal Conferences of Central Africa
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(ACEAC) and
Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM).
List of presidents of the Bishops' Conference:
1980-1983:
Vincent Nsengiyumva, Archbishop of
Kigali
Kigali () is the Capital (political), capital and largest city of Rwanda. It is near the nation's geographic centre in a region of rolling hills, with a series of valleys and ridges joined by steep slopes. As a primate city, Kigali has been Rwa ...
1983-1991:
Joseph Ruzindana
Joseph Ruzindana (3 June 1943 – 5 June 1994) was a Catholic Bishop of Byumba in Rwanda.
Joseph Ruzindana was born on 3 June 1943 in Rambura.
On 23 July 1972 he was ordained priest of Byumba.
He was appointed Bishop of Byumba on 5 November 19 ...
, Bishop of
Byumba
Byumba is a city in northern Rwanda, and is the capital of Gicumbi District. It is home to an SOS Children's Village. The city lies about , north of the capital Kigali. This location lies approximately , south of the International border with U ...
1991-1994:
Vincent Nsengiyumva, Archbishop of
Kigali
Kigali () is the Capital (political), capital and largest city of Rwanda. It is near the nation's geographic centre in a region of rolling hills, with a series of valleys and ridges joined by steep slopes. As a primate city, Kigali has been Rwa ...
1999-2003:
Thaddée Ntihinyurwa, archbishop of
Kigali
Kigali () is the Capital (political), capital and largest city of Rwanda. It is near the nation's geographic centre in a region of rolling hills, with a series of valleys and ridges joined by steep slopes. As a primate city, Kigali has been Rwa ...
2003-2010:
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, bishop of
Nyundo
from 2010:
Smaragde Mbonyintege
Smaragde Mbonyintege (born 2 February 1947) is a Rwandan prelate of the Catholic Church who was Bishop of Kabgayi in Rwanda from 2006 to 2023.
Smaragde Mbonyintege was born on 2 February 1947 in Cyeza parish, Kabgayi diocese, in the current Kay ...
, bishop of
Kabgayi
Kabgayi is just south of Gitarama in Muhanga District, Southern Province, Rwanda, southwest of Kigali.
It was established as a Catholic Church mission in 1905. It became the center for the Roman Catholic Church in Rwanda and is the site of t ...
External links
* http://www.eglisecatholiquerwanda.org/
* http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/country/RW.htm
* http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/country/rw.html
Rwanda
Rwanda (; rw, u Rwanda ), officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley of Central Africa, where the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa converge. Located a few degrees south of the Equator ...
Catholic Church in Rwanda
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