The Roman Catholic Diocese of Byumba ( la, Dioecesis Byumbanus) is an ecclesiastical territory or

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of the

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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 ...

. It was erected on November 5, 1981, by

Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II ( la, Ioannes Paulus II; it, Giovanni Paolo II; pl, Jan Paweł II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła ; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his ...

. The diocese is a

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of the

Archdiocese of Kigali The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kigali ( la, Archidioecesis Kigaliensis) is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Rwanda. It was erected from the Archdiocese of Kabgayi by Pope Paul VI on April 10, 1976, with the ...

List of bishops of Byumba

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 198 ...

(1981-1994) * Servilien Nzakamwita (1996–2022) *

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(2022–present)

References

External links

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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 Uga ...

Butare Butare (), also known as Huye, is a city (population: 50,220 as of 2012) in the Southern Province of Rwanda and the capital of Huye district. It is the fourth largest town in Rwanda by population. History The Belgian colonial rulers establishe ...

Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century {{Rwanda-stub