Save, Rwanda

Save is one of the first Catholic missions in Rwanda. It is a few miles north of the town of Butare, and in the west of the Gisagara District of Southern Province, Rwanda.[1] There is a church, several schools and a health center.

Save
Save
Coordinates: 2.546059°S 29.772134°E / -2.546059; 29.772134
CountryRwanda
ProvinceSouthern Province
DistrictGisagara

German forces occupied Rwanda in 1897.[2] In 1899 Bishop John Joseph Hirth traveled to that country.[3] There he tried to develop a relationship with King Yuhi Musinga. Hirth gained permission to found the first Catholic missions in Rwanda at Save, Zaza and Nyundo between 1900 and 1901.[4] The first church in Rwanda was built at Save in 1900, a thatched structure. Later it was replaced by a brick building.[5]

References

Citations

  1. Gisagara Administrative Map.
  2. Sundkler & Steed 2000, p. 597.
  3. Adekunle 2007.
  4. Adekunle 2007, p. 33.
  5. The Church of the Holy Spirit.

Sources

  • Adekunle, Julius (2007). Culture and Customs of Rwanda. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-313-33177-0. Retrieved 26 March 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • "Gisagara Administrative Map" (PDF). National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda. Retrieved 2013-04-02.
  • Sundkler, Bengt G. M.; Steed, Christopher (2000). A History of the Church in Africa. Cambridge University Press. p. 597. ISBN 978-0-521-58342-8. Retrieved 26 March 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • "The Church of the Holy Spirit of Save". Access Rwanda Safaris. Retrieved 2013-04-04.
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