Manasseh Gahima yatorewe kuyobora Kiliziya ya Anglikani mu Rwanda
Inteko y’Abepiskopi 13 ya Kiliziya ya Anglikani mu Rwanda yatoye Musenyeri Manasseh Gahima, uyobora Diyosezi ya Gahini, ngo abe Arikiyepiskopi wa gatanu. Umuhango wo kumwimika uteganyijwe ku ya 25 Ukwakira 2026 i Camp Kigali.
Ku wa Gatanu tariki ya 11 Nzeri 2026, Inteko y’Abepiskopi ya Kiliziya ya Anglikani mu Rwanda (EAR) yatoye Musenyeri Manasseh Gahima, w’imyaka 56, uyobora Diyosezi ya Gahini, ngo abe Arikiyepiskopi wa gatanu w’iyo Kiliziya. Asimbura Laurent Mbanda wari uyiyoboye kuva mu 2018. Ibi byatangajwe n’ikinyamakuru The New Times ku wa 11 Nzeri 2026.
Uko itora ryagenze
Gahima yatowe n’Inteko y’Abepiskopi igizwe n’abepiskopi ba diyosezi 13 zigize iyo Kiliziya. Yari ahanganye na Musenyeri Assiel Musabyimana wa Diyosezi ya Kigeme. Abakandida bombi bujuje ibisabwa n’amategeko y’iyo Kiliziya: kuba bafite hagati y’imyaka 55 na 60, no kuba bamaze nibura imyaka itanu bayobora diyosezi.
Nk’uko bisanzwe, iryo tora ribera mu nama y’umwihariko, abepiskopi bakitoranyamo umwe, umwanzuro ukaza gutangazwa ku mugaragaro. Umuhango wo kumwimika uteganyijwe ku ya 25 Ukwakira 2026 i Camp Kigali. Uwo munsi azanahabwa inshingano zo kuyobora Diyosezi ya Gasabo, nk’uko bisanzwe ku muyobozi mukuru w’iyo Kiliziya.
Uwo Gahima ari we
Manasseh Gahima yavutse ku ya 12 Ukuboza 1970, ku babyeyi Pheneas Gahima na Donatille Mukarutabana. Yakuriye mu Bugande, aho umuryango we wari warahungiye. Yize muri Kasonga Primary School mu Karere ka Hoima, akomereza muri Kololo Secondary School na St Andrea Kahwa’s College.
Afite impamyabumenyi ya Bachelor of Commerce yakuye muri Umutara Polytechnic, ubu ikaba igize Kaminuza y’u Rwanda, iy’icyiciro cya kabiri mu micungire y’abakozi yakuye muri Kabale University, n’indi mu bya tewolojiya yakuye muri Wycliffe University. Muri iyo kaminuza ni ho yakuye n’impamyabumenyi y’ikirenga (PhD) mu bya tewolojiya mu 2018.
Mbere yo kujya mu buyobozi bukuru bwa Kiliziya, yakoreye mu buyobozi bw’ibanze mu Rwanda guhera mu 1996. Yimitswe nk’umwepiskopi wungirije wa Diyosezi ya Gahini ku ya 28 Gicurasi 2017, aza kwimikwa nk’umwepiskopi wa kabiri w’iyo diyosezi ku ya 26 Gicurasi 2019. Ni na we perezida w’Inama y’Amatorero ya Porotesitanti mu Rwanda. Ashakanye na Rose Dusenge Gahima.
Diyosezi ya Gahini
Diyosezi ya Gahini yashinzwe muri Gicurasi 1997, ivanwe muri diyosezi za Byumba na Kibungo. Amateka y’ubutumwa bwa Anglikani i Gahini agaruka mu 1925, ubwo abamisiyoneri bashingaga ikigo cy’ubutumwa muri ako gace.
Icyo Mbanda asiga
Mbanda, w’imyaka 71, yayoboye Kiliziya ya Anglikani mu Rwanda kuva mu 2018. Yagombaga kujya mu kiruhuko cy’izabukuru afite imyaka 65, ariko manda ye yarongerewe igihe, bituma agumana uwo mwanya arenza imyaka isanzwe yo kuwuvamo.
Iyi nkuru dukesha ikinyamakuru The New Times n’urubuga Anglican Communion News Service.