About us

About Caritas - Kabgayi Diocese

Caritas is the driving force of the Church's mission, a sign of God's love for humanity in Jesus Christ. on the basis of this precept the CARITAS KABGAYI DIOCESE was created with the objective of serving the poorest people.

Kabgayi was established as a Catholic Church mission in 1905. It became the center for the Roman Catholic Church in Rwanda and is the site of the oldest cathedral in the country and of Catholic seminaries, schools and a hospital.

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Vision & mission

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Vision

Our Vision is to achieve a society that provides human dignity and saves its members from social marginalization and injustices. Its inherent concern is to see the poorest social groups, individually or in social solidarity, be self dependent to achieve their human dignity.

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Mission

The Mission of Caritas Diocese Kabgayi is to assist the most vulnerable people in the society, to intervene in case of disasters and advocacy for the needy in promoting integral human development.