Diocese of Bubanza
Bubantin(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Bubanza, Burundi
The Diocese of Bubanza is a Latin Church diocese in northwestern Burundi, erected in 1980. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Bujumbura and led by Bishop Emmanuel Ntakarutimana, O.P., appointed in February 2025.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 7 June 1980
- Latin
- Bubantin(us)
- Annuario code
- 001000965
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 2,712
- Population
- 632,218
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 0.4%
- Priests
- 68
- Catholics per priest
- 40
- Extent
- 2,712 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1.0
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
- Emmanuel Ntakarutimana
- Born
- 30 December 1956
- Birthplace
- Gitega
- Institute
- FRATI PREDICATORI (DOMENICANI)
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 Bubanza, 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 BururiBururi
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Seated in the city of Bubanza, this diocese (Latin: Bubantin(a)) belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Bujumbura in Burundi.
How to reach it
- Diocesan offices
- Evêché de Bubanza, D.S. 213, Bujumbura, Burundi
- Telephone
- 22.26.11.09/89
- evchbubanza@yahoo.fr
This see keeps no website of its own, so the address of its diocesan offices 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.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.