Metropolitan see Bujumbura, Burundi
Archdiocese of Bujumbura
Buiumburaën(sis)
Latin Church
The Archdiocese of Bujumbura is the metropolitan Latin Church see for its ecclesiastical province in Burundi, originating as the Apostolic Vicariate of Usumbura in 1959 and elevated to a metropolitan archdiocese in 2006. Its suffragans are Bubanza and Bururi, and it is led by Archbishop Gervais Banshimiyubusa.
On the map
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- Established
- 1959
- Catholics
- 1,294,646
- Priests
- 226
- Territory
- 2,200 km²
Parishes and churches
44 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Cathédrale Regina MundiBujumbura · CathedralView parish
- Paroisse BugaramaTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse BuhongaTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse BukeyeTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse BukwavuTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse ButerereTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse BuyenziTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse BuziracandaTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse GahaheTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse GasuraTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse GataboTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse GatumbaTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse GihoshaTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse JendaTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse KabeziTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse KamengeTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse KanyoshaTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse KarinziTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse KigandaTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse KinamaTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse KinindoTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse KirombweTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse KivogaTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse Kivoga-TengaTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse MagaraTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse MaramvyaTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse MataraTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse MayuyuTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse Mont Sion GikunguTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse MuberureTown not recordedView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Gervais Banshimiyubusa
- Born
- 9 September 1952
- Birthplace
- Gisuru
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The cathedral
Regina Mundi Cathedral stands in Bujumbura, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
History
For the ecclesiastical province of Bujumbura in Burundi, this archdiocese (Latin: Buiumburaën(sis)) serves as the Metropolitan See.