Archdiocese of Gitega

Archdiocese of Gitega

*Archidioecesis Kitegaensis^[1]*
Archdiocese of Gitega; Archidioecesis Kitegaensis
	Cathedral of Christ the King
Location
Country	Burundi
Ecclesiastical province	Ecclesiastical province of Gitega, Burundi
Metropolitan	Gitega
Statistics
Population Total; Catholics;	(as of 2019); 2,050,000; 1,560,000 (76,1%);
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Cathedral	Cathedral of Christ the King
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Archbishop	Simon Ntamwana
Website
	archidiocese-gitega.org

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

History

12 December 1912: 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
25 April 1922: Apostolic Vicariate of Urundi and Kivu divided into the Apostolic Vicariate of Urundi and the Apostolic Vicariate of Ruanda.
14 July 1949: Apostolic Vicariate of Urundi renamed the Apostolic Vicariate of Kitega
10 November 1959: Apostolic Vicariate of Kitega promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gitega

Metropolitan Archbishops of Gitega (Roman rite), below
- Archbishop Simon Ntamwana – since 24 January 1997
- Archbishop Joachim Ruhuna (6 November 1982 – 9 September 1996)
- Archbishop André Makarakiza, M. Afr. (5 September 1968 – 6 November 1982)
- Archbishop Antoine Grauls, M. Afr. (10 November 1959 – 16 October 1967); see below
Vicar Apostolic of Kitega (Roman rite)
- Bishop Antoine Grauls, M. Afr. (14 July 1949 – 10 November 1959); see above & below
Vicars Apostolic of Urundi (Roman rite)
- Bishop Antoine Grauls, M. Afr. (23 December 1936 – 14 July 1949); see above
- Bishop Julien-Louis-Edouard-Marie Gorju, M. Afr. (26 April 1922 – 29 May 1936)

↑ "Archdiocese of Gitega". Catholic Hierarchy.com. Retrieved 15 August 2010.
↑ "Cathedrals – Burundi". Giga-Catholic Information. Retrieved 15 August 2010.
↑ "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gitega, Burundi". Giga-Catholic Information. Retrieved 15 August 2010.