Diocese of Ngozi
| Diocese of Ngozi | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Burundi |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Gitega |
| Diocesan bishop | Georges Bizimana |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Stanislas Kaburungu |
| founding | 1949 |
| surface | 2,707 km² |
| Parishes | 26 (31.12.2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Residents | 1,369,548 ( 12/31/2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Catholics | 1,098,047 (December 31, 2016 / AP2017 ) |
| proportion of | 80.2% |
| Diocesan priest | 71 ( 12/31/2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 11 (31.12.2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 13,391 |
| Friars | 30 (December 31, 2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 222 (December 31, 2016 / AP2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | French |
| cathedral | Cathédrale Notre Dame de Fatima |
The diocese Ngozi ( lat. : Dioecesis Ngoziensis ) is an in Burundi preferred Roman Catholic diocese based in Ngozi .
history
Pope Pius XII founded the Apostolic Vicariate Ngozi on July 14, 1949 from cessions of territory from the Apostolic Vicariate Urundi . With the bull Cum parvulum it was raised on November 10, 1959 to the rank of diocese, which was subordinate to the Archdiocese of Gitega as a suffragan diocese.
It lost parts of its territory in favor of the establishment of the following dioceses:
- June 11, 1959 to the Vicariate Apostolic of Usumbura ;
- September 5, 1968 to the Diocese of Muyinga ;
- April 13, 1973 to the Diocese of Ruyigi .
Ordinaries
Vicar Apostolic of Ngozi
- Joseph Martin MAfr (July 14, 1949 - November 10, 1959)
Bishops of Ngozi
- Joseph Martin MAfr (November 10, 1959 - June 6, 1961, then Bishop of Bururi )
- André Makarakiza MAfr (August 21, 1961 - September 5, 1968, then Archbishop of Gitega)
- Stanislas Kaburungu (September 5, 1968 - December 14, 2002)
- Gervais Banshimiyubusa (December 14, 2002– March 24, 2018, then Archbishop of Bujumbura )
- Georges Bizimana (since December 17, 2019)
statistics
| year | population | priest | Permanent deacons | Religious | Parishes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catholics | Residents | % | Total number | Diocesan priest | Religious priest | Catholics per priest | Friars | Religious sisters | |||
| 1950 | 249,742 | 694.005 | 36.0 | 53 | 6th | 47 | 4,712 | 39 | 13 | ||
| 1969 | 452.022 | 603,538 | 74.9 | 71 | 34 | 37 | 6,366 | 57 | 100 | 15th | |
| 1980 | 567,312 | 812,600 | 69.8 | 52 | 36 | 16 | 10,909 | 42 | 114 | 17th | |
| 1988 | 675,566 | 858.368 | 78.7 | 31 | 25th | 6th | 21,792 | 15th | 85 | 17th | |
| 1998 | 700,000 | 920,000 | 76.1 | 49 | 38 | 11 | 14,285 | 24 | 136 | 17th | |
| 2001 | 790,000 | 1,039,078 | 76.0 | 41 | 31 | 10 | 19,268 | 28 | 138 | 18th | |
| 2003 | 937.373 | 1,109,094 | 84.5 | 58 | 43 | 15th | 16,161 | 46 | 199 | 18th | |
| 2013 | 992.897 | 1,287,273 | 77.1 | 67 | 57 | 10 | 14,819 | 28 | 245 | 24 | |
| 2016 | 1,098,047 | 1,369,548 | 80.2 | 82 | 71 | 11 | 13,390 | 30th | 222 | 26th | |
See also
Web links
- Entry for Diocese of Ngozi on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Entry on Diocese of Ngozi on gcatholic.org (English)