Jomba Archdeaconry
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF JOMBA ARCHDEACONRY
Jomba Archdeaconry has started in 1992. Archdeacons who were in charge of Jomba Archdeaconry from then, are:
Venerable HABAMENSHI Cyprien
JOMBA ARCHDEACONRY
| No | NAME OF THE ARCHDEACON | PERIOD |
| 1 | Archdeacon Canon NTIBAKUNZE Simeon | 1992-2005 |
| 2 | Archdeacon KABARAGASA Jean Baptiste | 2005-2010 |
| 3 | Archdeacon BIHOYIKI Ildephonse | 2010-2013 |
| 4 | Archdeacon Canon NSABIMANA Jean Damascene | 2013-2014 |
| 5 | Archdeacon NDUWAYEZU Gaspard | 2014-2019 |
| 6 | Archdeacon HABAMENSHI Cyprien | 2019-till now |
LOCATION
Jomba Archdeaconry is located in Northern Province, and it covers two Districts: A part of Gakenke District within 11 sectors:
- KIVURUGA
- CYABINGO
- USENGO
- RUSASA
- JANJA
- MUZO
- MATABA
- GAKENKE
- NEMBA
- GASHENYI
- KARAMBO
- And a part of Musanze District in GASHAKI Sector.
PARISHES OF JOMBA ARCHDEACONRY
Jomba Archdeaconry is one of 9 Archdeaconries of EAR Diocese of Shyira. It has 10 Parishes, 7 Sub-Parishes, 57 Local Churches, and 14,387 church members and 184 Saving Associations.
| NO | NAME | TITLE | LOCATION (SECTOR) |
| 1 | SAINT JOSEPH NTARAMA | PARISH | GASHAKI |
| 2 | JOMBA | PARISH | CYABINGO |
| 3 | BUSENGO | PARISH | BUSENGO |
| 4 | BUSHOKA | PARISH | KIVURUGA |
| 5 | GAKENKE | PARISH | GAKENKE |
| 6 | KIRYAMO | PARISH | MUZO |
| 7 | NYONIRIMA | PARISH | RUSASA |
| 8 | GAHAMA | PARISH | BUSENGO |
| 9 | BURANGA | PARISH | NEMBA |
| 10 | NYAKINA | PARISH | GASHENYI |
| 11 | MUGUGURI | SUB-PARISH | MUZO |
| 12 | BIGOGWE | SUB-PARISH | KIVURUGA |
| 13 | MURAMBA | SUB-PARISH | CYABINGO |
| 14 | TANDAGURA | SUB-PARISH | MATABA |
| 15 | KAMONYI | SUB-PARISH | BUSENGO |
| 16 | GASHAKI | SUB-PARISH | GASHAKI |
| 17 | GASASO | SUB-PARISH | BUSENGO |
Jomba Archdeaconry has the Following:
Pastors: 8
Deacons: 4
Evangelists 6
57 Catechists
DEPARTMENTS:
FINANCE AND DEVELOPMENT
1.Projects management and Planification
2.Property Management and Development
3.Saving Groups
EVANGELISM
1.Mother Union
2.Fathers Union
3.Youth Union
4.Boys and Girls Brigade
5. Sunday School
EDUCATION
1.Community Bible Study
HEALTH
Jomba Archdeaconry has 1 Health Post: SAINT LUKE Health Post of BUHUGA located in EAR Buhuga Parish
PROJECT:
- COMPASSION INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS
| ARCHDEACONRY | PARISH | PROJECT | STARTING DATE | BENEFICIARIES |
| JOMBA (6) | NTARAMA | RW 0828 | 2006 | 194 |
| JOMBA | RW0737 | 2009 | 260 | |
| GAKENKE | RW0736 | 2008 | 261 | |
| RW0736/CSP | 2019 | 15 (WIVES) | ||
| BUSENGO | RW0790 | 2019 | 250 | |
| BUSHOKA | RW0798 | 2020 | 250 | |
| KIRYAMO | RW0799 | 2020 | 230 | |
| TOTAL | 6 | 1445 |
2. WORLD VISION-RWANDA
| ARCHDEACONRY | PARISH | PROJECT | CHILDREN | EMPLOYERS |
| JOMBA | GAKENKE | AP NYARUTOVU | 5700 | 18 |
| BUSHOKA | AP KIVURUGA | 5200 | 13 | |
| TOTAL | 2 | 10,900 | 31 |
CHURCH/CHAPELS IN JOMBA ARCHDEACONRY
EAR NTARAMA SAINT JOSEPH CHURCH
NTARAMA PARISH/ OLD CHAPEL
SAINT JOSEPH NTARAMA PARISH/ NEW CHAPEL
EAR GAKENKE
EAR GAKENKE PARISH/ OLD CHAPEL
EAR GAKENKE PARISH/ PROPOSED NEW CHAPEL
EAR BUSHOKA
After making bricks, the Parish has already planned to build a New Chapel.
EAR NYONIRIMA / NEW CHAPEL
EAR TANDAGURA
They are proposing to buy this land which is located near Governmental school so that after building the New Chapel they will get a compassion project.
EAR TANDAGURA / OLD CHAPEL
EAR TANDAGURA/ CHAPEL BUILDING
EAR BURANGA
EAR BURANGA / UNDER CONSTRUCTION
EAR BURANGA / NEW CHAPEL
EAR JOMBA/ NEW CHAPEL
EAR JOMBA/ NEW CHAPEL
EAR GASHAKI
EAR GASHAKI/OLD CHAPEL
EAR GASHAKI / NEW BUILDING
EAR GASASO
They have bought this land where they are planning to build a New Chapel.
EAR GASASO/ OLD CHAPEL
Land Bought for New Church
EAR MUGUGURI
EAR MUGUGURI/ OLD CHAPEL
EAR MUGUGURI/PROPOSED NEW CHAPEL
EAR BUSENGO
EAR KIRYAMO
EAR BIGOGWE SUB-PARISH
They have a project of making bricks for building a New Chapel.
They are planning to increase their compound.
EDUCATION
In Jomba Archdeaconry, we have 7 schools including
2 Secondary Schools:
BUHUGA SECONDARY SCHOOL
JOMBA SECONDARY SCHOOL
5 Primary Schools:
BUSENGO PRIMARY SCHOOL
GAHAMA PRIMARY SCHOOL
GAKENKE PRIMARY SCHOOL
KIRYAMO PRIMARY SCHOOL
BIGOGWE PRIMARY SCHOOL
We even have Pre-Schools
| BUSENGO PRIMARY SCHOOL SCHOOL DESCRIPTION |
- The School Head-teacher is Rev. BAGWANEZA Fidel
- It is located in EAR BUSENGO Parish
- It has 317 students (164 boys, 153 Girls)
It contains the Upper Primary (P4,P5 and P6)
BUSENGO ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM 
BUSENGO PRIMARY SCHOOL
GAKENKE PRIMARY SCHOOL
SCHOOL DESCRIPTION
- The School Head-teacher is NTIRENGANYA SYLVAIN
- It is located in EAR GAKENKE Parish
- It has 462 students (220 boys, 242 Girls)
- It contains both Lower and Upper Primary ( from P1 to P6)
The parish has a Pre-Primary school containing 92 children (44 Boys, 48 girls).
BUHUGA SECONDARY SCHOOL
SCHOOL DESCRIPTION
It has 1 combination (MEG) in Advanced Level (S4, S5 and S6)
- The School Head-teacher is NSENGIYUMVA EMMANUEL
- It is located in EAR BUHUGA Parish near St Luke Buhuga Health Post
- It has 322 students (153 boys, 169 Girls)
- It contains both Lower and Advanced level ( from S1 to P6)
