Diocese of Muyinga
Muyingan(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Muyinga, Burundi
The Diocese of Muyinga is a Latin rite suffragan see in the ecclesiastical province of Gitega, Burundi, erected in 1968 from the Diocese of Ngozi. Its cathedral is Our Lady of Lourdes Cathedral in Muyinga.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 5 September 1968
- Latin
- Muyingan(us)
- Patron
- Our Lady of Lourdes
- Annuario code
- 001002322
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 565,441
- Population
- 996,029
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 56.8%
- Priests
- 94
- Catholics per priest
- 6,015
- Extent
- 4,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 141
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
- Joachim Ntahondereye
- Born
- 8 May 1953
- Birthplace
- Camzai
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
Our Lady of Lourdes Cathedral stands in Muyinga, 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
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Gitega.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of GitegaGitega
- Diocese of NgoziNgozi
- Diocese of RutanaRutana
- Diocese of RuyigiRuyigi
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Seated in the city of Muyinga in Burundi, the Diocese of Muyinga (Latin: Muyingan(us)) is a Latin Church diocese within the ecclesiastical province of the Archdiocese of Gitega.
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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.