EUROPE/BELGIUM - Confirmation of the Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies

Wednesday, 13 May 2026

BELGIUM

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Vatican City (Fides news Agency) - On May 5, 2026, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization (Section for First Evangelization and New Particular Churches), confirmed Fr. Théogène Havugimana, of the diocese of Nyundo, Rwanda, as National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in Belgium for the five-year period 2026-2031 (see Fides 9/6/2021). EG (Fides News Agency, 13/5/2026)