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 shareof the people living within its bounds: 76.1%
Priests: 200
Catholics per priest: 7,800
Extent: 3,879 km²
Catholics per km²: 402

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:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

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Sources

The see's own website · Wikipedia

Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.