Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kigali

The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kigali (Latin: 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 suffragan sees of Butare, Byumba, Cyangugu, Gikongoro, Kabgayi, Kibungo, Nyundo, Ruhengeri. It is the only archdiocese within Rwanda.

As of 2013 the Archbishop of Kigali was Thaddée Ntihinyurwa. The motherchurch of the archdiocese and thus seat of its archbishop is St. Michael's Cathedral.

List of archbishops of Kigali

• Vincent Nsengiyumva (1976–1994)
• Thaddée Ntihinyurwa (1996–present)

External links

• Catholic-Hierarchy
• GCatholic.org

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Rwanda
• List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Rwanda

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