Smaragde Mbonyintege Quotes

Smaragde Mbonyintege 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.

He went on to the Saint Charles Borromeo Major Seminary of Nyakibanda, where he studied philosophy and theology .

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.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.

He was succeeded as rector at the seminary by father Antoine Kambanda.

In 2009 he was elected President of the Episcopal Conference of Rwanda.Pope Francis accepted his resignation on 2 May 2023. Wikipedia  

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Smaragde Mbonyintege Quotes

“God is not found in a disorganised way. If someone has a church they should also follow the doctrine of that church.”

Source: Mont Kigali: ‘Sacred’ cave where Christians converge for worship https://www.newtimes.co.rw/section/read/64399 (March 29, 2013)

“Forgiveness of the sin of abortion does not mean the Church condones abortion, neither does it minimise its grave effects.”

Source: Catholic Church maintains its stand on abortion, says Bishop Mbonyintege https://www.newtimes.co.rw/section/read/192233 (5 September 2015)

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