Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kigali
- 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.
The current Archbishop of Kigali is "His Excellency" Thaddée Ntihinyurwa. The motherchurch of the archdiocese and thus seat of its archbishop is St. Michael's Cathedral.
The Archdiocese of Kigali is implicated as a key member enabling the slaughter of the Hutu in 1994. The Vatican has not yet apologized for the churches assistance to the Tutsi.
List of archbishops of Kigali
*Vincent Nsengiyumva (1976–1994)
*Thaddée Ntihinyurwa (1996–present)
External links
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dkiga.html Catholic-Hierarchy]
* [http://www.gcatholic.com/dioceses/diocese/kiga0.htm Giga-Catholic Information]
ee also
*Roman Catholicism in Rwanda
*List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Rwanda
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. 163-186doi:10.2307/1581515
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