Vatican City, 26 November 2014 (VIS) –
The Holy Father has appointed Fr. Celestin Hakizimana as bishop of
Gikongoro (area 2,057, population 582,159, Catholics 248,471, priests
51, religious 70), Rwanda. The bishop-elect was born in Kigali,
Rwanda in 1963 and was ordained a priest in 1991. He holds a
doctorate in theology from the San Tommaso Faculty of Theology in
Naples, Italy, and has served in a number of pastoral roles,
including parish vicar in Rutongo, diocesan representative for
Catholic education, director of the St. Paul National Pastoral Centre
in Kigali, and director of GEMECA-Rwanda. He is currently secretary
general of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of Rwanda.
Wednesday, November 26, 2014
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