The Episcopal Conference of Rwanda ({{langx, fr, Conférence Episcopal du Rwanda, italics=yes, CER), established on June 6, 1980, is the

episcopal conference An episcopal conference, often also called a bishops’ conference or conference of bishops, is an official assembly of the bishops of the Catholic Church in a given territory. Episcopal conferences have long existed as informal entities. The fir ...

of the

Catholic Church in Rwanda The Catholic Church in Rwanda is part of the worldwide Catholic Church. There are just over five million Catholics in Rwanda - about half of the total population. The country is divided into nine dioceses including one archdiocese. The Rwandan g ...

. The conference is a member of the ''Association of Episcopal Conferences of Central Africa'' (ACEAC) and

Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar The Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar or SECAM () is an agency of the Catholic Church that comprises the bishops of Africa. History The SECAM was born, on the occasion of the Second Vatican Council, to express the will ...

(SECAM).

Presidents

List of presidents of the Bishops' Conference: 1980–1983: Vincent Nsengiyumva, Archbishop of Archdiocese of Kigali 1983–1991: Joseph Ruzindana, Bishop of Diocese of Byumba 1991–1994: Vincent Nsengiyumva, Archbishop of Kigali 1994–2003: Thaddée Ntihinyurwa, Archbishop of Kigali 2003–2010: Alexis Habiyambere, Bishop of Nyundo 2010–2015: Smaragde Mbonyintege, Bishop of Diocese of Kabgayi 2015–2020:

Philippe Rukamba Philippe Rukamba (born 26 May 1948) is a Rwandan Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Butare, Rwanda from 1997 until his age-related retirement in 2024. Between May 2012 and November 2014, he served a ...

, Bishop of Diocese of Butare 2020– : Antoine Cardinal Kambanda, Archbishop of Kigali.

External links

* http://www.eglisecatholiquerwanda.org/ * http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/country/RW.htm * http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/country/rw.html

Rwanda Rwanda, officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley of East Africa, where the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa converge. Located a few degrees south of the Equator, Rwanda is bordered by ...

Catholic Church in Rwanda it:Chiesa cattolica in Ruanda#Conferenza_episcopale