The Saint Charles Borromeo Major Seminary of Nyakibanda is a

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near to

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, in the Gishamvu sector of the

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in Southern Province of

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, below the mountain chain called "Ibisi bya Nyakibanda". It is about from Butare.

Overview

The Nyakibanda Major Seminary was created in 1936. The seminary is under the jurisdiction of the Conference of Bishops of Rwanda, who in turn are under the

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in Rome, which is represented by the

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. As of 2007 there were 186 seminarians taking the four-year course. As of 2011 the rector was father

Antoine Kambanda Antoine Kambanda (born 10 November 1958) is a Rwandan prelate of the Catholic Church who has been Archbishop of Kigali since January 2019. He had been Bishop of Kibungo from 2013 to 2018. Pope Francis raised him to the rank of cardinal on 28 ...

. Kambanda was appointed in February 2006. He replaced Monseigneur

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, who had been named a bishop.

References

{{Coord missing, Rwanda Charles Borromeo Catholic Church in Rwanda

Educational institutions established in 1936 Buildings and structures in Butare Education in Rwanda