KIGALI MARCH 11, 2016(CISA)-Pope Francis has appointed Fr Anaclet Mwumvaneza, Secretary General of Caritas Rwanda as the new bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Nyundo. Fr Mwumvaneza takes over from Bishop Emeritus Alexis Habiyambere, SI after the Holy See accepted his resignation on March 11, 2016 in conformity with canon 401 § 1 of the Code of Canon Law. Fr Mwumvaneza was born on December 4, 1956 in Murambi, Rulindo parish in the Archdiocese of Kigali. He was ordained a priest on July 25, 1991 for the Archdiocese of Kigali. The Diocese of Nyundo was erected in 1959 and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Kigali.