Catholic Church in Rwanda

Kigali cathedral

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 government reported in 2012 that 43% of the Rwanda's population is Catholic.[1]

In 2020, there were 939 priest and 2219 nuns serving across 205 parishes.[2]

On 2022 worldpopulationreview.com reported that 56.9% of Rwanda population are Catholic.

  1. ^ "Census 2012" (PDF). Rwanda Census Office. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 March 2015.
  2. ^ Catholics And Culture website, retrieved 2023-08-08