Save, Rwanda

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Coordinates: RW 2°32′46″S 29°46′20″E / 2.546059°S 29.772134°E / -2.546059; 29.772134Coordinates: RW 2°32′46″S 29°46′20″E / 2.546059°S 29.772134°E / -2.546059; 29.772134
Country Rwanda
Province Southern Province
District Gisagara

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.

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]

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