Continent: Eastern and Central Africa
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese
Name: Gitega / Kitegaën(sis) (Latin)
Suffragan Sees: Muyinga, Ngozi, Rutana, Ruyigi
Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation
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Metropolitan Archbishop (2022.02.19 â ...): | Archbishop Bonaventure Nahimana (65) President of Catholic Bishopsâ Conference of Burundi Apostolic Administrator of Rutana (Burundi) Second Vice-President of Association of Episcopal Conferences of Central Africa |
Metropolitan Archbishops of Gitega (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Archbishop Bonaventure Nahimana (65) Metropolitan Archbishop of Gitega (Burundi)
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Archbishop Simon Ntamwana (78) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Gitega (Burundi)
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Archbishop Joachim Ruhuna
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Archbishop André Makarakiza, M. Afr.
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Archbishop Antoine Grauls, M. Afr.
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Vicars Apostolic of Kitega (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Bishop Antoine Grauls, M. Afr. (later Archbishop) (see above) | ||||||||||
Vicars Apostolic of Urundi (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Bishop Antoine Grauls, M. Afr. (later Archbishop) (see above) | ||||||||||
Bishop Julien-Louis-Edouard-Marie Gorju, M. Afr.
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Area: 3,879 kmÂČ
Population: 1,517,272 Catholics (80.9% of 1,874,495 total)
Pastoral Centres: 55 parishes, 1 mission
Personnel: 200 priests (156 diocesan, 44 religious), 989 religious (219 brothers, 770 sisters), 83 seminarians
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