Antoine Cardinal Kambanda

Archbishop of Kigali, Rwanda

Cardinal-Priest of San Sisto

Motto: Ut Vitam Habeant

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
10 Nov 1958		Born
8 Sep 1990	31.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Kigali, Rwanda
7 May 2013	54.4	Appointed	Bishop of Kibungo, Rwanda
20 Jul 2013	54.6	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Kibungo, Rwanda
19 Nov 2018	60.0	Appointed	Archbishop of Kigali, Rwanda
28 Nov 2020	62.0	Elevated to Cardinal
28 Nov 2020	62.0	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of San Sisto
26 Jun 2022	63.6	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of San Sisto

MicroData Summary
Antoine Kambanda
Antoine Cardinal Kambanda
(born 10 Nov 1958)
Archbishop of Kigali

Ad Limina - April 2014: Bishop
Consistory - 2020: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 2025: Participated

Event Place
Birth Place Nyamata, Vicariate Apostolic of Kabgayi
Ordained Priest Mbare
Ordained Bishop Open Air near, Saint-André, Cathedral, Kibungo, Diocese of Kibungo

Please contact the Cardinal through the Archdiocese of Kigali.

a priest for years
a bishop for years
a cardinal for years

Ordained Priest by:
Pope John Paul II
(St. Karol Józef Wojtyła †)
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Thaddée Ntihinyurwa
Archbishop of Kigali
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Smaragde Mbonyintege
Bishop of Kabgayi
Bishop Philippe Rukamba
Bishop of Butare

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Thaddée Ntihinyurwa (1982)
Archbishop of Kigali
Archbishop Thomas Anthony White † (1978)
Titular Archbishop of Sebana
Agnelo Cardinal Rossi † (1956)
Cardinal-Priest of Gran Madre di Dio
Bishop Paulo de Tarso Campos † (1935)
Bishop of Campinas
Archbishop Leopoldo Duarte e Silva † (1904)
Archbishop of São Paulo
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard of Norfolk † (1872)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Papias Musengamana (2022)
Bishop Jean-Marie Vianney Twagirayezu (2023)
Bishop Jean Bosco Ntagungira (2024)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Edouard Sinayobye (2021)
Bishop Balthazar Ntivuguruzwa (2023)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 86284567
WikiData: Q586530

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 7 May 2013
ob: CB, 9 Jun 2013
c2+: CB, 23 Jul 2013
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 215, Number 17,839
ab: Bollettino, 19 Nov 2018
card: Bollettino, 25 Oct 2020
cpri: Bollettino, 28 Nov 2020
i: Bollettino, 20 Jun 2022

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