Smaragde Mbonyintege

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Smaragde Mbonyintege
Bishop Emeritus of Kabgayi
Church Catholic Church
DioceseKabgayi
Appointed21 January 2006
Installed26 March 2006
Term ended2 May 2023
PredecessorAnastase Mutabazi
SuccessorBalthazar Ntivuguruzwa
Other post(s)President of the Association of Episcopal Conferences of Central Africa (2013-)
Orders
Ordination20 July 1975
by André Perraudin
Consecration26 March 2006
by Thaddée Ntihinyurwa
Personal details
Born
Smaragde Mbonyintege

(1947-02-02) 2 February 1947 (age 76)
Nationality Rwandan
Denomination Catholic Church
Previous post(s) President of the Rwandan Episcopal Conference (2010-15)
Alma mater Saint Charles Borromeo Major Seminary
Pontifical Gregorian University
MottoLumen Christi spes mea

Smaragde Mbonyintege (born 2 February 1947) is a Rwandan prelate of the Catholic Church who was Bishop of Kabgayi in Rwanda from 2006 to 2023.

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]

Pope Francis accepted his resignation on 2 May 2023. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Bishop Smaragde MBONYINTEGE". Diocese of Kabgayi. Archived from the original on 2013-03-26. Retrieved 2013-03-21.
  2. "Le Grand Séminaire Saint Charles Borromée de Nyakibanda". Conférence Episcopale du Rwanda. Retrieved 2013-03-21.
  3. "Resignations and Appointments, 02.05.2023" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 2 May 2023. Retrieved 3 May 2023.