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 (72)

President of Association of Episcopal Conferences of Central Africa

Ordinaries

Bishops of Muyinga (Roman Rite)

Bishop Joachim Ntahondereye (72)
(2002.12.14 – ...)

Bishop of Muyinga (Burundi)
President of Association of Episcopal Conferences of Central Africa

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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 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