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Diocese of Butare
Dioecesis Butarensis
Easter Mass 2021 at Butare
Location
Country
Rwanda
Ecclesiastical province
Southern
Statistics
Area
1,958 km2 (756 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics
(as of 2021) 1,269,540 691,850(est.) (54.5%%)
Parishes
26
Information
Denomination
Catholic Church
Rite
Roman Rite
Current leadership
Pope
Francis
Bishop
Philippe Rukamba
Website
www.butarecatholicdiocese.com
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Butare is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Rwanda. It was erected on 11 September 1961 as the Diocese of Astrida by Pope John XXIII, and was later renamed as the Diocese of Butare on 12 November 1963 by Pope Paul VI. The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Kigali.
Philippe Rukamba was appointed Bishop of Butare by Pope John Paul II on 2 January 1997.
A prominent priest of this diocese was Msgr Eulad Rudahunga, serving from 1953 to 2019, and made a Monsignor by Pope John Paul II.
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