Archdiocese of Gitega
Kitegaën(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Gitega, Burundi
The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gitega is a Latin Church see in central Burundi, founded in 1912 as a vicariate and elevated to an archdiocese on 10 November 1959. Archbishop Bonaventure Nahimana has led it since 2022, overseeing four suffragan dioceses.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 10 November 1959
- Latin
- Kitegaën(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001491
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,560,000
- Population
- 2,050,000
- Catholic share
- 76.1%
- Priests
- 200
- Catholics per priest
- 7,800
- Extent
- 3,879 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 402
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
- Archbishop
- Bonaventure Nahimana
- Born
- 3 June 1959
- Birthplace
- Gisebuzi
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
Cathedral of Christ the King stands in Gitega, 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 Gitega
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of MuyingaMuyinga
- Diocese of NgoziNgozi
- Diocese of RutanaRutana
- Diocese of RuyigiRuyigi
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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 chancery's address, telephone and email, 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
The see's own website · Wikipedia
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].