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Diocese of

Bururi

Burundi

Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Bujumbura

History

1961.06.06: Established as Diocese of Bururi / Bururien(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gitega)
2009.01.17: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Rutana

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathédrale Christ Roi, Bururi, Bururi

Present Prelates

Bishop (2007.06.25 – ...):

Bishop Venant Bacinoni (73)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Bururi (Roman Rite)

Bishop Venant Bacinoni (73)
(2007.06.25 – ...)

Born:	1940.02.20 (Burundi)
Ordained Priest:	1965.04.20
Consecrated Bishop:	2007.09.08

Bishop of Bururi (Burundi) (2007.06.25 – ...)

Archbishop Simon Ntamwana (66)
(Apostolic Administrator 2005.11.21 – 2007.06.25)

Bishop Bernard Bududira
(1973.09.17 – 2005.11.19)

Born:	1934.08 (Burundi)
Ordained Priest:	1963.07.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1973.11.30
Died:	2005.11.19 († 71)

Bishop of Bururi (Burundi) (1973.09.17 – 2005.11.19)

President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Burundi (1989 – 1997)

Bishop Joseph Martin, M. Afr.
(1961.06.06 – 1973.09.17)

Born:	1903.04.29 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1926.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1949.11.30
Died:	1982.06.13 († 79)

Titular Bishop of Oliva (1949.07.14 – 1959.11.10)

Vicar Apostolic of Ngozi (Burundi) (1949.07.14 – 1959.11.10)

Bishop of Ngozi (Burundi) (1959.11.10 – 1961.06.06)

Bishop of Bururi (Burundi) (1961.06.06 – 1973.09.17)

as of 2013.05.03

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