CYANGUGU
Presentation of Cyangugu
Detached from the Diocese of Nyundo, the Diocese of Cyangugu currently covers the two Administrative Districts Rusizi and Nyamasheke. After his erection on 14/11/1981, he was entrusted to His Excellency Thaddée NTIHINYURWA as Residential Bishop until his appointment as Archbishop of Kigali on March 25, 1996, and at the same time as Apostolic Administrator of Cyangugu. On 18/01/1997, the Holy Father appointed HE Most Rev. Jean Damascène BIMENYIMANA Bishop of Cyangugu. The Diocese of Cyangugu... Lire plusPARISH
| Names | Foundation date | Patron Saint | Parish priest | Adreses |
| GIHEKE | 2016 |
Notre Dame de la Paix |
Père Epaphrodite GAFARANGA |
B.P. 5 Cyangugu |
| NTENDEZI | 2016 |
Notre Dame de Kibeho |
Abbé Jean Eric NZAMWITA |
B.P 5 Cyangugu |
| RASANO | 2014 |
Notre Dame de la Route |
Abbé Ernest SIMBANANIYE |
B.P. 5 Cyangugu |
| TYAZO | 2012 |
Notre Dame de la Miséricorde |
Abbé Sylvain AYOBAMVUGA |
B.P 5 Cyangugu |
| YOVE | 2004 |
Marie Reine |
Abbé Janvier KAGENZI |
B.P. : 5 Cyangugu |
| SHANGI | 1940 |
Nativité de Marie |
Abbé Emmanuel NIYONSENGA |
B.P. 28 Cyangugu |
| NYAMASHEKE | 1928 |
Notre Dame de Lourdes |
Abbé Alexis NSHIMIYIMANA |
B.P. 7 Cyangugu |
| NYAKABUYE | 2015 |
Immaculée Conception |
Abbé Albert BABONAMPOZE |
B.P 5 Cyangugu |
| NYABITIMBO | 1994 |
Mère de Dieu |
Abbé Jean Pierre NTAKIRUTIMANA |
B.P. 5 Cyangugu |
| NKOMBO | 2016 |
Saint Jean-Paul II |
Abbé Placide MANIRAKIZA |
B.P. 5 Cyangugu |
| NKANKA | 1975 |
Mère du Sauveur |
Abbé Théogène NGOBOKA |
B.P. 113 Cyangugu |
| MWEZI | 1944 |
Notre Dame de l’Annonciation |
Abbé Jean Robert RUBAYITA |
B.P. 47 Cyangugu |
| MUYANGE | 1989 |
Reine des Apôtres |
Abbé Théoneste |
B.P. : 28 Cyangugu |
| MUSHAKA | 1963 |
Saint-Esprit |
Abbé Siméon RWABUGIRI |
B.P 6 MUSHAKA |
| MIBIRIZI | 1903 |
Notre Dame du Bon Conseil |
Abbé Gallican NIYONZIMA |
B.P 62 Mibirizi |
| MASHYUZA | 2007 |
Notre Dame de l’Espérance |
Abbé Félix HAKIZIMANA |
B.P 40 CYANGUGU |
| HANIKA | 1964 |
Croix Glorieuse |
Abbé Théoneste NSABIMANA |
B.P 5 Cyangugu |
| CYANGUGU | 1956 |
Coeur Immaculée de Marie |
Abbé Ignace KABERA |
B.P 5 Cyangugu |
STATISTICS
| DESIGNATION | FIGURES |
| Population | 700,633 |
| Baptisés Catholiques | 277,776 |
| Catéchumènes | 8,816 |
| Total catholiques | 286,592 |
| % des Catholiques/Pop Totale | 40,9% |
| Paroisses | 17 |
| Centrales | 95 |
| Com. Eclésiales de Base (CEB) | 1,996 |
| Prêtres | |
| Prêtres diocésains | 97 |
| Prêtres religieux | 9 |
| Religieux | 13 |
| Religieuses | 110 |
| Congrégations masculines | 6 |
| Congrégations féminines | 10 |
| Catéchistes | 234 |
| Grands Séminaristes | Grands séminaristes |
| Membres des Mouvements d’Action Catholique (MAC) | 36 154 |
| Ecoles | |
| Ecoles maternelles | 85 |
| Ecoles primaires | 111 |
| Ecoles secondaires | 51 |
| Centres de formation professionnelle | 4 |
| Formations Sanitaires de l’Eglise | |
| Centre de Santé | 16 |
| Centres nutritonnels | 14 |
| Hôpital | 1 |
| Petits Séminaristes | 263 |
