The Archdiocese of Gitega the
Metropolitan See
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for the
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of
Gitega
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in
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.
History
* 1912.12.12:
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formed from parts of the
Apostolic Vicariate of Unyanyembe and the
Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Victoria Nyanza.
* 1921: Apostolic Vicariate of Kivu renamed the Apostolic Vicariate of Urundi and Kivu
* 1922.04.25: Apostolic Vicariate of Urundi and Kivu divided into the Apostolic Vicariate of Urundi and the
Apostolic Vicariate of Ruanda
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.
* 1949.07.14: Apostolic Vicariate of Urundi renamed the Apostolic Vicariate of Kitega
* 1959.11.10: Apostolic Vicariate of Kitega promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gitega
Bishops
Ordinaries, in reverse chronological order
*Metropolitan Archbishops of Gitega (
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), below
**Archbishop
Simon Ntamwana – since 1997.01.24
**Archbishop
Joachim Ruhuna (1982.11.06 – 1996.09.09)
**Archbishop
André Makarakiza
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, M. Afr. (1968.09.05 – 1982.11.06)
**Archbishop
Antoine Grauls, M. Afr. (1959.11.10 – 1967.10.16); ''see below''
* Vicar Apostolic of Kitega (Roman rite)
** Bishop Antoine Grauls, M. Afr. (1949.07.14 – 1959.11.10); ''see above & below''
*Vicars Apostolic of Urundi (Roman rite)
** Bishop Antoine Grauls, M. Afr. (1936.12.23 – 1949.07.14); ''see above''
** Bishop
Julien-Louis-Edouard-Marie Gorju, M. Afr. (1922.04.26 – 1936.05.29)
Coadjutor archbishop
*
Joachim Ruhuna (1980-1982)
Auxiliary bishops
*
Gabriel Kihimbare (1964), never consecrated
*
Nestor Bihonda (1965-1968), appointed Bishop of Muyinga
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
*
Bonaventure Nahimana
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, appointed Bishop of Rutana in 2009
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, appointed Bishop of Ruyigi in 2010
Suffragan dioceses
*
Diocese of Muyinga
*
Diocese of Ngozi
*
Diocese of Rutana
*
Diocese of Ruyigi
References
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Roman Catholic dioceses in Burundi
Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Gitega
Christian organizations established in 1912
Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century
1912 establishments in German East Africa
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