The Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Nyundo has appointed Father Léonidas Habarugira Karekezi as his new Vicar Common, filling the place that had develop into vacant following the dying of Monsignor Jean Marie Vianney Nsengumuremyi.
The appointment was introduced in a decree signed by Bishop Anaclet Mwumvaneza of the Diocese of Nyundo on Tuesday, September 8.
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Mwumvaneza mentioned the appointment adopted the emptiness of the place and consideration of the tasks concerned within the pastoral governance of the diocese.
He cited Karekezi's human, non secular and mental qualities, in addition to his theological competence and pastoral zeal, as among the many causes for his appointment.
“Having invoked the Holy Spirit and having judged the individual proposed to be suitably certified, we hereby appoint and set up Rev. Fr. Léonidas Habarugira Karekezi as Vicar Common of our Diocese of Nyundo,” the decree reads.
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As Vicar Common, Karekezi will train strange government authority all through the diocese in administrative issues, besides these reserved for the bishop or requiring a particular mandate from him.
The bishop additionally known as on clergymen, deacons, members of institutes of consecrated life and lay devoted within the diocese to welcome the appointment and help the brand new Vicar Common.
The appointment comes days after Monsignor Nsengumuremyi, the previous Episcopal Vicar of Nyundo Diocese, died on August 30 on the age of 76.
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Nsengumuremyi had served as Episcopal Vicar since 2001 and continued within the place after Bishop Mwumvaneza took over management of the diocese in 2016.
He had served the Diocese of Nyundo in numerous capacities, together with as parish priest in Kivumu, Busasamana, Gisenyi and Nyundo, in addition to head of Catholic schooling, a place he held for 22 years.
In 2011, Pope Benedict XVI granted him the honorary title of Monsignor in recognition of his service to the Catholic Church.
