Diocese of

Ngozi

Burundi Burundi

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Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Ngozi / Ngozien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Gitega

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

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History

Present Prelates

Bishop (2019.12.17 – ...):Bishop Georges Bizimana (59)Bishop Georges Bizimana (59)

Apostolic Administrator of Bubanza (Burundi)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Ngozi (Roman Rite)

Bishop Georges Bizimana (59)Bishop Georges Bizimana (59)
(2019.12.17 – ...)

Bishop of Ngozi (Burundi)
Apostolic Administrator of Bubanza (Burundi)

Born:1965.03.12 (Buraniro, Burundi)
Ordained Priest:1994.08.20
Consecrated Bishop:2014.03.01

Priest of Ngozi (Burundi) (1994.08.20 – 2013.12.07)

Coadjutor Bishop of Bubanza (Burundi) (2013.12.07 – 2019.12.17)

Bishop of Ngozi (Burundi) (2019.12.17 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Bubanza (Burundi) (2023.04.01 – ...)

Archbishop Gervais Banshimiyubusa (72)Bishop Gervais Banshimiyubusa (72) (later Archbishop)
(2002.12.14 – 2018.03.24)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bujumbura (Burundi)

Caritas Christi urget nos

Born:1952.09.09 (Gisuru, Burundi)
Ordained Priest:1981.07.04
Consecrated Bishop:2000.09.16

Priest of Ruyigi (Burundi) (1981.07.04 – 2000.05.10)

Coadjutor Bishop of Ngozi (Burundi) (2000.05.10 – 2002.12.14)

Bishop of Ngozi (Burundi) (2002.12.14 – 2018.03.24)

President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Burundi (2011 – 2017.03.10)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bujumbura (Burundi) (2018.03.24 – ...)

Bishop Stanislas Kaburungu (88)Bishop Stanislas Kaburungu (88)
(1968.09.05 – 2002.12.14)

Bishop emeritus of Ngozi (Burundi)

Bon pour tous

Born:1935.10.07 (Gisanze, Burundi)
Ordained Priest:1961.09.03
Consecrated Bishop:1969.01.25

Priest of Ngozi (Burundi) (1961.09.03 – 1968.09.05)

Bishop of Ngozi (Burundi) (1968.09.05 – 2002.12.14)

Bishop André Makarakiza, M. Afr. (later Archbishop)
(1961.08.21 – 1968.09.05)

Born:1919.06.30 (Burundi)
Ordained Priest:1951.08.16
Consecrated Bishop:1961.12.08
Died:2004.04.17 († 84)

Bishop of Ngozi (Burundi) (1961.08.21 – 1968.09.05)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Gitega (Burundi) (1968.09.05 – 1982.11.06)

Bishop Joseph Martin, M. Afr.
(1959.11.10 – 1961.06.06)

Cum fiducia

Born:1903.04.29 (France)
Ordained Priest:1926.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:1949.11.30
Died:1982.06.13 († 79)

Titular Bishop of Oliva (1949.07.14 – 1959.11.10)

Vicar Apostolic of Ngozi (Burundi) (1949.07.14 – 1959.11.10)

Bishop of Ngozi (Burundi) (1959.11.10 – 1961.06.06)

Bishop of Bururi (Burundi) (1961.06.06 – 1973.09.17)

Vicars Apostolic of Ngozi (Roman Rite)

Bishop Joseph Martin, M. Afr.
(1949.07.14 – 1959.11.10)

(see above)

Former Prelates

Special Churches

Bujumbura (↙), Bubanza (←), Butare (↑), Muyinga (→), Gitega (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 2,707 km²

Population: 1,324,241 Catholics (73.4% of 1,803,424 total)

Pastoral Centres: 30 parishes

Personnel: 111 priests (99 diocesan, 12 religious), 388 religious (33 brothers, 355 sisters), 77 seminarians

Population

Pastoral Centres

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Religious

Seminarians

Last updated on 2024.10.01

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