Diocese of Ruyigi, Burundi 🇧🇮

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Ruyigi / Ruyigen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Gitega

Neighbouring Dioceses: Rutana (↙), Gitega (←), Muyinga (↑), Rulenge–Ngara (↗), Kigoma (↘)

1973.04.13: Established as Diocese of Ruyigi / Ruyigen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gitega and Diocese of Bururi and became suffragan of Gitega)
2009.01.17: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Rutana

Bishop (2010.10.30 – ...):

Bishop Blaise Nzeyimana (71)

Bishops of Ruyigi (Roman Rite)

Bishop Blaise Nzeyimana (71)
(2010.10.30 – ...)

Bishop of Ruyigi (Burundi)

Priest of Gitega (Burundi) (1981.07.25 – 2010.10.30)

Bishop of Ruyigi (Burundi) (2010.10.30 – ...)

Bishop Joseph Nduhirubusa
(1980.04.19 – 2010.10.30)

Bishop of Ruyigi (Burundi) (1980.04.19 – 2010.10.30)

Bishop Joachim Ruhuna (later Archbishop)
(1973.04.13 – 1980.03.28)

Bishop of Ruyigi (Burundi) (1973.04.13 – 1980.03.28)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Gitega (Burundi) (1980.03.28 – 1982.11.06)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Gitega (Burundi) (1982.11.06 – 1996.09.09)

Area: 4,303 km²

Population: 566,389 Catholics (64.5% of 878,367 total)

Pastoral Centres: 19 parishes

Personnel: 80 priests (77 diocesan, 3 religious), 129 religious (10 brothers, 119 sisters), 80 seminarians