Archdiocese of Gitega

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The Archdiocese of Gitega the Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical province of Gitega in Burundi.

History

Bishops

Ordinaries, in reverse chronological order

  • Metropolitan Archbishops of Gitega (Roman rite), below
  • Vicar Apostolic of Kitega (Roman rite) Bishop Antoine Grauls, M. Afr. (14 July 1949 – 10 November 1959); see above & below
  • Vicars Apostolic of Urundi (Roman rite) Bishop Antoine Grauls, M. Afr. (23 December 1936 – 14 July 1949); see above; Bishop Julien-Louis-Edouard-Marie Gorju, M. Afr. (26 April 1922 – 29 May 1936)

Coadjutor archbishop

Auxiliary bishops

  • Gabriel Kihimbare (1964), never consecrated
  • Nestor Bihonda (1965-1968), appointed Bishop of Muyinga

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

  • Bonaventure Nahimana, appointed Bishop of Rutana in 2009
  • Blaise Nzeyimana, appointed Bishop of Ruyigi in 2010

Suffragan dioceses