Diocese of Muyinga
| Diocese of Muyinga | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Burundi |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Gitega |
| Diocesan bishop | Joachim Ntahondereye |
| Vicar General | Protais Nkurikiye |
| founding | 1968 |
| surface | 4,000 km² |
| Parishes | 15 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Residents | 1,151,611 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics | 639.325 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| proportion of | 55.5% |
| Diocesan priest | 40 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious priest | 7 (December 31, 2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 13,603 |
| Friars | 11 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious sisters | 131 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | French |
| cathedral | Cathédrale Notre Dame de Fatima |
The Bistum Muyinga ( lat. : Dioecesis Muyinganus ) is an in Burundi preferred Roman Catholic diocese based in Muyinga .
history
The Diocese of Muyinga was on September 5, 1968 by Pope Paul VI. Established with the Apostolic Constitution Divinum mandatum from cessions of territory of the Diocese of Ngozi and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Gitega as a suffragan .
Bishops of Muyinga
- Nestor Bihonda , 1968-1977
- Roger Mpungu , 1980-1994
- Jean-Berchmans Nterere , 1994-2001
- Joachim Ntahondereye , since 2002
See also
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Paul VI: Const. Apost. Divinum mandatum , AAS 61 (1969), n.2, pp. 73f.