Smaragde Mbonyintege

Smaragde Mbonyintege (born 2 February 1947) is the Catholic Bishop of Kabgayi, in Rwanda.

The Most Reverend Smaragde Mbonyintege
Bishop of Kabgayi
Church	Roman Catholic Church
Diocese	Kabgayi
See	Kabgayi
Appointed	21 January 2006
Installed	26 March 2006
Predecessor	Anastase Mutabazi
Other posts	President of the Association of Episcopal Conferences of Central Africa (2013-)
Orders
Ordination	20 July 1975 by André Perraudin
Consecration	26 March 2006 by Thaddée Ntihinyurwa
Personal details
Birth name	Smaragde Mbonyintege
Born	2 February 1947 Kabgayi, Rwanda
Nationality	Rwandan
Denomination	Catholic (Latin Rite)
Previous post	President of the Rwandan Episcopal Conference (2010-15)
Alma mater	Saint Charles Borromeo Major Seminary Pontifical Gregorian University
Motto	Lumen Christi spes mea

Smaragde Mbonyintege was born on 2 February 1947 in Cyeza parish, Kabgayi diocese, in the current Kayumbu Sector in Kamonyi District, Southern Province. He received his primary and secondary education from church schools. He studied in the Minor Seminary of St. Paul in Kigali.[1] He went on to the Saint Charles Borromeo Major Seminary of Nyakibanda, where he studied philosophy (1969-1972) and theology (1972-1975). He was ordained in 1975 in the Diocese of Kabgayi. He attended the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome from 1979 to 1983, earning an MA in Spiritual Theology.[2]

Mbonyintege was a teacher and spiritual director at the Nyakibanda Major Seminary from 1983 to 1996. In 1996 he was appointed Rector of the Nyakibanda Major Seminary. On 22 January 2006 Pope Benedict XVI appointed him Bishop of Kabgayi, Rwanda, effective 26 March 2006.[1] He was succeeded as rector at the seminary by father Antoine Kambanda.[3] In 2009 he was elected President of the Episcopal Conference of Rwanda.[1]

References

Citations

1. Mgr Smaragde MBONYINTEGE.
2. Crampon 2006.
3. Le Grand Séminaire Saint Charles ...

Sources

• Crampon, Chanoine (7 May 2006). "Mgr Smaragde Mbonyintege devient évêque de Kabgayi". Catholique.org. Archived from the original on 14 April 2013. Retrieved 2013-03-21.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• "Le Grand Séminaire Saint Charles Borromée de Nyakibanda". Conférence Episcopale du Rwanda. Retrieved 2013-03-21.
• "Bishop Smaragde MBONYINTEGE". Diocese of Kabgayi. Archived from the original on 2013-03-26. Retrieved 2013-03-21.

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