Metropolitan see Gitega, Burundi
Archdiocese of Gitega
Kitegaën(sis)
Latin Church
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.
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- Established
- 1912
- Catholics
- 1,560,000
- Priests
- 200
- Territory
- 3,879 km²
Parishes and churches
1 listed church 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
- Bonaventure Nahimana
- Born
- 3 June 1959
- Birthplace
- Gisebuzi
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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.