Roman Catholic Diocese of Kabgayi

History

• April 25, 1922: The Apostolic Vicariate of Ruanda was established from the northern part of the Apostolic Vicariate of Kivu.
• February 14, 1952: The Apostolic Vicariate of Ruanda was divided into the Apostolic Vicariate of Kabgayi and the Apostolic Vicariate of Nyundo.
• November 10, 1959: The Apostolic Vicariate of Kabgayi was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kabgayi.
• April 10, 1976: Demoted as Diocese of Kabgayi; became a suffragan of Kigali

  Bishops

• Vicars Apostolic of Ruanda
• * Bishop Léon-Paul Classe, M. Afr.
• * Bishop Laurent-François Déprimoz, M. Afr.
• Vicars Apostolic of Kabgayi
• * Bishop Laurent-François Déprimoz, M. Afr.
• * Bishop André Perraudin, M. Afr.
• Metropolitan Archbishop of Kabgayi
• * Archbishop André Perraudin, M. Afr.
• Bishops of Kabgayi
• * Archbishop André Perraudin, M. Afr.
• * Bishop Thaddée Nsengiyumva
• * Fr. André Sibomana
• * Bishop Anastase Mutabazi
• * Bishop Smaragde Mbonyintege

  Coadjutor Bishops

• Laurent-François Déprimoz, M. Afr., as Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic
• Thaddée Nsengiyumva

  Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

• Jean-Baptiste Gahamanyi, appointed Bishop of Astrida in 1961
• Joseph Sibomana, appointed Bishop of Ruhengeri in 1961