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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kigali

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Address
  
KN 69 St, Kigali, Rwanda

Area
  
3,116 km²

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)
  • References

    Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kigali Wikipedia


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