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Metropolitan see Bujumbura, Burundi

Archdiocese of Bujumbura

Buiumburaën(sis)

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

Esri
The address the register holds for Regina Mundi Cathedral, in Bujumbura, Burundi.

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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.

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.