Diocese of Bururi
Bururien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Bururi, Burundi
The Diocese of Bururi is a Latin Church diocese in southern Burundi, erected in 1961 from the Archdiocese of Gitega. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Bujumbura and led by Bishop Salvator Niciteretse, appointed in 2020.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 6 June 1961
- Latin
- Bururien(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001000986
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 413,960
- Population
- 966,391
- Catholic share
- 42.8%
- Priests
- 135
- Catholics per priest
- 3,066
- Extent
- 6,500 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 64
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Salvator Niciteretse
- Born
- 2 August 1958
- Birthplace
- Rutwenzi
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedrale Christ Roi stands in Bururi, 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.
The province of Bujumbura
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Bujumbura.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of BujumburaBujumbura
- Diocese of BubanzaBubanza
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The city of Bururi in Burundi is home to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bururi (Latin: Bururien(sis)), which lies within the ecclesiastical province of Bujumbura.
How to reach it
- Chancery
- Evêché, D.S. 140, Bujumbura, Burundi
- Telephone
- 22.50.23.27
- [email protected]
This see keeps no website of its own, so its chancery is published here: withholding it would protect nothing and leave a reader with nowhere to go. Where a see publishes its own site, the register sends you there instead.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it, are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].