Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gitega
Encyclopedia
The Archdiocese of Gitega the Metropolitan
See
for the Ecclesiastical province
of Gitega
in Burundi
.
Metropolitan bishop
In Christian churches with episcopal polity, the rank of metropolitan bishop, or simply metropolitan, pertains to the diocesan bishop or archbishop of a metropolis; that is, the chief city of a historical Roman province, ecclesiastical province, or regional capital.Before the establishment of...
See
Episcopal See
An episcopal see is, in the original sense, the official seat of a bishop. This seat, which is also referred to as the bishop's cathedra, is placed in the bishop's principal church, which is therefore called the bishop's cathedral...
for the Ecclesiastical province
Ecclesiastical Province
An ecclesiastical province is a large jurisdiction of religious government, so named by analogy with a secular province, existing in certain hierarchical Christian churches, especially in the Catholic Church and Orthodox Churches and in the Anglican Communion...
of Gitega
Gitega
Gitega is the second largest city in Burundi, lying east of Bujumbura. It is the capital of Gitega Province, one of the 17 provinces of Burundi. It is the home of the Burundi National Museum and the Archdiocese of Gitega...
in Burundi
Burundi
Burundi , officially the Republic of Burundi , is a landlocked country in the Great Lakes region of Eastern Africa bordered by Rwanda to the north, Tanzania to the east and south, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west. Its capital is Bujumbura...
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History
- 1912.12.12: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Kivu from Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Victoria Nyanza in TanzaniaTanzaniaThe United Republic of Tanzania is a country in East Africa bordered by Kenya and Uganda to the north, Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west, and Zambia, Malawi, and Mozambique to the south. The country's eastern borders lie on the Indian Ocean.Tanzania is a state...
- 1921: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Urundi and Kivu
- 1922.04.25: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Urundi
- 1949.07.14: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Kitega
- 1959.11.10: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gitega
Leadership
- Metropolitan Archbishops of Gitega (Roman rite)
- Archbishop Simon NtamwanaSimon NtamwanaSimon Ntamwana has been the Roman Catholic archbishop of the Archdiocese of Gitega in Burundi since 1997. Ntamwana was ordained as a priest on 24 March 1974 and from 1988 to 1997 he was the bishop of the diocese in Bujumbura...
- 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)
- Archbishop Simon Ntamwana
- 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 RutanaRoman Catholic Diocese of RutanaThe Roman Catholic Diocese of Rutana is a diocese located in the city of Rutana in the Ecclesiastical province of Gitega in Burundi.-History:* January 17, 2009: Established as Diocese of Rutana from Diocese of Bururi and Diocese of Ruyigi.-Source:* *...
- Diocese of Ruyigi