Archdiocese of Bujumbura
Buiumburaën(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Bujumbura, Burundi
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.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 25 November 2006
- Latin
- Buiumburaën(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001000976
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,294,646
- Population
- 1,693,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 76.5%
- Priests
- 226
- Catholics per priest
- 5,729
- Extent
- 2,200 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 588
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
- Gervais Banshimiyubusa
- Born
- 9 September 1952
- Birthplace
- Gisuru
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
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.
The province of Bujumbura
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of BubanzaBubanza
- Diocese of BururiBururi
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
For the ecclesiastical province of Bujumbura in Burundi, this archdiocese (Latin: Buiumburaën(sis)) serves as the Metropolitan See.
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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.