Archdiocese of Gitega
| Archdiocese of Gitega | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Burundi |
| Diocesan bishop | Simon Ntamwana |
| founding | 1912 |
| surface | 3,879 km² |
| Parishes | 29 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Residents | 1,130,959 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics | 878,313 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| proportion of | 77.7% |
| Diocesan priest | 94 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious priest | 13 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 8,209 |
| Friars | 79 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious sisters | 336 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | French |
| cathedral | Cathédrale Christ Roi |
| Website | http://www.archidiocese-gitega.org/ |
| Suffragan dioceses |
Diocese of Muyinga Diocese of Ngozi Diocese of Rutana Diocese of Ruyigi |
The Erzbistum Gitega ( lat. : Archidioecesis Kitegaënsis ) is an in Burundi preferred Roman Catholic Archdiocese based in Gitega .
history
The Archdiocese of Gitega was established on December 12, 1912 by Pope Pius X. from the cession of territory by the Apostolic Vicariates Lake Victoria and Unianyembé as the Apostolic Vicariate Kivu . In 1921, the Apostolic Vicariate Kivu was renamed the Apostolic Vicariate Urundi and Kivu . The Apostolic Vicariate of Urundi and Kivu was renamed the Apostolic Vicariate Urundi on April 25, 1922 . On July 14, 1949, the Vicariate Apostolic Urundi gave parts of its territory to establish the Vicariate Apostolic Ngozi . The Apostolic Vicariate of Urundi was renamed the Apostolic Vicariate Kitega on July 14, 1949 . On June 11, 1959, the Vicariate Apostolic Kitega gave parts of its territory to the establishment of the Vicariate Apostolic Usumbura .
The Kitega Apostolic Vicariate was founded on November 10, 1959 by Pope John XXIII. Elevated to the archbishopric with the Apostolic Constitution Cum parvulum and renamed the Archdiocese of Gitega . On June 6, 1961, the Archdiocese of Gitega gave up parts of its territory to establish the Diocese of Bururi . Another assignment of territory took place on April 13, 1973 to establish the diocese of Ruyigi .
Ordinaries
Vicars Apostolic of Kivu
- Jean-Joseph Hirth MAfr , 1912–1920
Vicars Apostolic of Urundi
- Julien-Louis-Edouard-Marie Gorju MAfr, 1922-1936
- Antoine-Hubert Grauls MAfr, 1936–1949
Vicars Apostolic of Kitega
- Antoine-Hubert Grauls MAfr, 1949-1959
Archbishops of Gitega
- Antoine-Hubert Grauls MAfr, 1959-1967
- André Makarakiza MAfr, 1968–1982
- Joachim Ruhuna , 1982–1996
- Simon Ntamwana , since 1997