Diocese of Ngozi
Ngozien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Ngozi, Burundi
The Diocese of Ngozi is a Latin Rite diocese in northern Burundi, established as an apostolic vicariate in 1949 and raised to a diocese in 1959. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Gitega and has been led by Bishop Georges Bizimana since 2019.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 10 November 1959
- Latin
- Ngozien(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady of Fatima
- Annuario code
- 001002386
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 937,373
- Population
- 1,109,094
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 84.5%
- Priests
- 111
- Catholics per priest
- 8,445
- Extent
- 3,810 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 246
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
- Georges Bizimana
- Born
- 12 March 1965
- Birthplace
- Buraniro
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 Fatima Cathedral stands in Ngozi, 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 MuyingaMuyinga
- Diocese of RutanaRutana
- Diocese of RuyigiRuyigi
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In Burundi, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ngozi (Latin: Ngozien(sis)) has its seat in the city of Ngozi and belongs to the ecclesiastical province 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.