Diocese of Muyinga, Burundi 🇧🇮

Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Muyinga / Muyingan(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Gitega

Neighbouring Dioceses: Gitega (↙), Ngozi (←), Butare (↖), Kigali (↑), Kibungo (↑), Rulenge–Ngara (→), Ruyigi (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (Universal) 📅

History

1968.09.05: Established as Diocese of Muyinga / Muyingan(us) (Latin) (from Diocese of Ngozi and became suffragan of Gitega)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2002.12.14 – ...):

Bishop Joachim Ntahondereye (73)

President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Burundi

President of Association of Episcopal Conferences of Central Africa

Ordinaries

Bishops of Muyinga (Roman Rite)

Bishop Joachim Ntahondereye (73)
(2002.12.14 – ...)

Bishop of Muyinga (Burundi)
President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Burundi
President of Association of Episcopal Conferences of Central Africa

Aimer l’un l’autre

Born:	1953.05.08 (Camzai, Burundi)
Ordained Priest:	1980.11.16
Consecrated Bishop:	2003.03.01

Priest of Ruyigi (Burundi) (1980.11.16 – 2002.12.14)

Bishop of Muyinga (Burundi) (2002.12.14 – ...)

President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Burundi (2017.03.10 – 2022.12.15)

President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Burundi (2025.12.05 – ...)

President of Association of Episcopal Conferences of Central Africa (2025.12.18 – ...)

Bishop Jean-Berchmans Nterere
(1994.07.01 – 2001.05.05)

Born:	1942.09.01 (Nkuna, Burundi)
Ordained Priest:	1970.10.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1992.05.10
Died:	2001.05.05 († 58)

Coadjutor Bishop of Muyinga (Burundi) (1992.01.23 – 1994.07.01)

Bishop of Muyinga (Burundi) (1994.07.01 – 2001.05.05)

Bishop Roger Mpungu
(1980.03.06 – 1994.07.01)

Born:	1924 (Muhwanya, Burundi)
Ordained Priest:	1955.04.12
Consecrated Bishop:	1980.05.04
Died:	2007.12.07 (Gasorwe, Burundi † 82)

Priest of Muyinga (Burundi) (1955.04.12 – 1980.03.06)

Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Muyinga (Burundi) (1977.02.08 – 1977.03.25)

Apostolic Administrator of Muyinga (Burundi) (1977.03.25 – 1980.03.06)

Bishop of Muyinga (Burundi) (1980.03.06 – 1994.07.01)

Fr. Roger Mpungu (later Bishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 1977.03.25 – 1980.03.06)

Fr. Roger Mpungu (later Bishop)
(Apostolic Administrator sede plena 1977.02.08 – 1977.03.25)

Bishop Nestor Bihonda
(1968.09.05 – 1977.03.25)

Born:	1924 (Gisanze, Burundi)
Ordained Priest:	1953.11.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1965.08.15
Died:	1986.10.02 († 61)

Titular Bishop of Siminina (1965.05.06 – 1968.09.05)

Auxiliary Bishop of Gitega (Burundi) (1965.05.06 – 1968.09.05)

Bishop of Muyinga (Burundi) (1968.09.05 – 1977.03.25)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Jean-Berchmans Nterere (1992.01.23 – 1994.07.01)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathédrale Notre Dame de Fatima, Muyinga, Muyinga

Gitega (↙), Ngozi (←), Butare (↖), Kigali (↑), Kibungo (↑), Rulenge–Ngara (→), Ruyigi (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 4,767 km²

Population: 893,863 Catholics (55.5% of 1,609,367 total)

Pastoral Centres: 23 parishes

Personnel: 94 priests (89 diocesan, 5 religious), 190 religious (15 brothers, 175 sisters), 81 seminarians