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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gitega

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Metropolitan
  
Gitega

Rite
  
Roman Rite

Area
  
3,879 km²

Archbishop
  
Simon Ntamwana

Denomination
  
Roman Catholic

Pope
  
Francis

Country
  
Burundi

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Ecclesiastical province
  
Ecclesiastical province of Gitega, Burundi

Cathedral
  
Cathedral of Christ the King

The Archdiocese of Gitega the Metropolitan See for the Ecclesiastical province of Gitega in Burundi.

Contents

History

  • 1912.12.12: Apostolic Vicariate of Kivu 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.
  • 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

    • Leadership

  • Metropolitan Archbishops of Gitega (Roman rite)
  • Archbishop Simon Ntamwana - since 1997.01.24
  • Archbishop Joachim Ruhuna (1982.11.06 – 1996.09.09)
  • Archbishop André Makarakiza, M. Afr. (1968.09.05 – 1982.11.06)
  • Archbishop Antoine Grauls, M. Afr. (1959.11.10 – 1967.10.16)
  • Vicars Apostolic of Kitega (Roman rite)
  • Archbishop Antoine Grauls, M. Afr. (1949.07.14 – 1959.11.10)
  • Vicars Apostolic of Urundi (Roman rite)
  • Archbishop Antoine Grauls, M. Afr.(1936.12.23 – 1949.07.14)
  • Bishop Julien-Louis-Edouard-Marie Gorju, M. Afr. (1922.04.26 – 1936.05.29)

    • Suffragan dioceses

  • Diocese of Muyinga
  • Diocese of Ngozi
  • Diocese of Rutana
  • Diocese of Ruyigi

    • References

    Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gitega Wikipedia
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