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

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See also

Church Politics and the Genocide in Rwanda. Timothy Longman. Journal of Religion in Africa, Vol. 31, Fasc. 2, Religion and War in the 1990s (May, 2001), pp. 163–186 doi:10.2307/1581515

Coordinates: 1°57′00″S 30°03′00″E / 1.9500°S 30.0500°E / -1.9500; 30.0500

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