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Archdiocese of Kigali

*Archidioecesis Kigaliensis*

Arikidiyosezi ya Kigali
Archdiocese of Kigali; Archidioecesis Kigaliensis; Arikidiyosezi ya Kigali
Location
Country	Rwanda
Headquarters	Kigali, Rwanda
Statistics
Area	3,271 km2 (1,263 sq mi)
Population Total; Catholics;	(as of 2023); 2,022,400; 714,982 (35.4%);
Parishes	39
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	10 April 1976; 50 years ago
Cathedral	St. Michael's Cathedral in Kigali
Secular priests	184
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Metropolitan Archbishop	Antoine Kambanda
Bishops emeritus	Thaddée Ntihinyurwa

The Roman Catholic 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 motherchurch of the archdiocese and thus seat of its archbishop is St. Michael's Cathedral.

Bishops

Vincent Nsengiyumva (10 April 1976 – 8 June 1994)
- Apostolic Administrator Thaddée Ntihinyurwa (11 November 1994 – 9 March 1996); see below
Thaddée Ntihinyurwa (9 March 1996 – 19 November 2018), retired
Antoine Kambanda^[1] (19 November 2018 – Present)

↑ "Resignations and Appointments, 19.11.2018" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 19 November 2018. Retrieved 19 November 2018.

"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