Diocese of Rutana, Burundi 🇧🇮

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Rutana / Rutan(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Gitega

Neighbouring Dioceses: Bururi (←), Gitega (↑), Ruyigi (↗), Kigoma (→)

2009.01.17: Established as Diocese of Rutana / Rutan(us) (Latin) (from Diocese of Bururi and Diocese of Ruyigi and became suffragan of Gitega)

Bishop (2025.02.15 – ...):

Bishop Léonidas Nitereka (65)

Bishops of Rutana (Roman Rite)

Bishop Léonidas Nitereka (65)
(2025.02.15 – ...)

Bishop of Rutana (Burundi)

Priest of Bururi (Burundi) (1986.08.17 – 2025.02.15)

Bishop of Rutana (Burundi) (2025.02.15 – ...)

Archbishop Bonaventure Nahimana (66)
(Apostolic Administrator 2022.02.19 – 2025.02.15)

Bishop Bonaventure Nahimana (66) (later Archbishop)
(2009.01.17 – 2022.02.19)

Priest of Gitega (Burundi) (1986.08.10 – 2009.01.17)

Bishop of Rutana (Burundi) (2009.01.17 – 2022.02.19)

Vice-President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Burundi (2019.12.06 – 2022.12.15)

Apostolic Administrator of Rutana (Burundi) (2022.02.19 – 2025.02.15)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Gitega (Burundi) (2022.02.19 – ...)

Bururi (←), Gitega (↑), Ruyigi (↗), Kigoma (→)

Area: 2,180 km²

Population: 259,036 Catholics (36.3% of 713,652 total)

Pastoral Centres: 16 parishes, 151 missions

Personnel: 58 priests (48 diocesan, 10 religious), 117 religious (12 brothers, 105 sisters), 84 seminarians