Part of anglican church of Burundi
ANGLICAN DIOCESE OF RUTANA
Part of Anglican church of Burundi
« Nimukundane nk’uko nanje nabakunze »
« Love one another »
HISTORY OF GIFUNZO PARISH
The parish of Gifunzo started as a local church. In 1940 led by a certain missionary from Uganda called Mukasa Washington. Thereafter, the local church grew larger and in 1955, Gifunzo was made Gifunzo Parish. It has a total of 2,291 Christians among them, 575 men, 790 are women and 926 represent the children. The Gifunzo parish has a total of 5 local churches and 7 catechists.
This parish has been led by a number of parish priests as it is consecutively shown below:
GAHENGA Jean : 1955-1963
KINAMA Justace : 1963-1966
SAMUHUTU Nicodème : 1966-1972
SIMBARUHIJE Joseph: 1972-1974
NTAHOMVUKIYE Samuel : 1974- 1977
SIMBARUHIJE Joseph : 1977-1982
In addition, Gifunzo Parish gave birth to other parishes and local churches, and as a result it was made an Archdeaconry of Gifunzo. However, from 2009, the seat of the archdeaconry shifted from Gifunzo to Rutana and Rutana became an archdeaconry of Rutana while Gifunzo went back to become a parish as it was before. The parish of Gifunzo before and after the archdeaconry seat shifted to Rutana has been led by:
Chan. NYAKANA Jacques : 1982- 2009
Chan. HAKIZIMANA Alfred : 2009-2017
Rev. NDAGIJIMANA Fidèle: 2017 till now.
Confirmation service in Gifunzo parish on September 25th, 2021
On this Saturday, September 25th, 2021, in the parish of Gifunzo, in Rutana Archdeaconry, there were confirmation ceremonies whereby 115 Christians from Gifunzo parish and 4 from Mihama parish received confirmation from the Diocesan Bishop. Rutana Diocese has invited his excellence Bishop Aimee Joseph Kimararungu to support the Rutana Bishop during the confirmation services in Gifunzo Parish.
Different gifts were presented to the two Bishops as a sign of joy and happiness of congregation. At last, the ceremonies were closed by the prayer of Rutana Diocesan Bishop.
Church Weekly timetable:
Tuesday : 3: 00 Pm – 5: 00 pm ; prayer time
Thursday : 2:00 pm- 5:00 pm ; Choir practices and worship
Saturday : 12:00 am -4: 30 pm: Sharing of God’s word and choir practices
Sunday : 7:00 am- 8:00 am ( sunday school) ;
Sunday : 9:00 am- 12:00 am ; Main service