Chronology of Catholic Dioceses:Rwanda
See a list of abbreviations used in this list. See also our listing of current ecclesial jurisdictions.
- 1204
- Constantinople / Konstantinopolis (Latin Patriarchate from now, de facto established by the Pope through Venice) - (Latin Empire of Constantinople) Turkey
- 1742
- Constantinople / Konstantinopolis (AV, supplanting the Latin Patriarchal vicars / suffragan bishops) - (Ottoman Empire) Turkey
- 1760
- Aleppo [Lat.] (AV, detached from AV Constantinople) - Syria
- 1817
- Vicariate Apostolic of Syria, Egypt, Arabia and Cyprus [Lat.] (AV, reestablished with new name, previously Aleppo) - Syria, Egypt, Arabian Peninsula, Cyprus
- 1839
- Abyssinia [Lat.] (AV, detached from Apostolic Vicariate of Syria, Egypt, Arabia and Cyprus) -Abyssinia 1846 Sudan / Central Africa (AV, detached from Abyssinia AV) - Sudan, etc.
- 1880
- Nyanza (AV, detached from Sudan / Central Africa AV) - Uganda, Tanzania, etc.
- 1880
- Southern Upper Congo (Miss., detached from Sudan / Central Africa AV) - ...
- 1880
- Tanganyika (APV, detached from Sudan / Central Africa AV) - Tanzania
- 1883
- Victoria Nyanza (AV, new name, previously Nyanza AV) - Uganda, Tanzania, etc.
- 1886
- Unanyembe (AV, detached from Tanganyika APV, and from Southern Upper Congo [Miss.]) - Tanganyika
- 1894
- Southern Victoria Nyanza (AV, detached from Victoria Nyanza AV) - Uganda, Kenya, etc.
- 1912
- Kivu (AV, detached from Unyanyembe AV, and from Southern Victoria-Nyanza AV) - (German South-East Africa) Burundi, Rwanda
- 1921
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Urundi and Kivu (AV, new name, previously Kivu AV) - (Tanganyika) Burundi, Rwanda
- 1922
- Ruanda (AV, detached from Urundi and Kivu AV) - (Tanganyika) (Rwanda)
- 1952
- Kabgayi (AV, new name, previously Ruanda AV) - (Tanganyika) Rwanda
- 1952
- Nyundo (AV, detached from Ruanda AV) - (Tanganyika) Rwanda
- 1959
- Kabgayi (Metr.) - (Tanganyika) Rwanda
- 1959
- Nyundo - (Tanganyika) Rwanda
- 1960
- Ruhengeri (detached from Kabgayi, and from Nyundo) - Rwanda
- 1961
- Astrida (detached from Kabgayi) - Rwanda
- 1963
- Butare (new name, previously Astrida) - Rwanda
- 1968
- Kibungo (detached from Kabgayi) - Rwanda
- 1976
- Kabgayi (D, no longer Metr.) - Rwanda
- 1976
- Kigali (Metr., detached from Kabgayi) - Rwanda
- 1981
- Byumba (detached from Ruhengeri, from Kigali, and from Kibungo) - Rwanda
- 1981
- Cyangugu (detached from Nyundo) - Rwanda
- 1992
- Gikongoro (detached from Butare) - Rwanda