Diocese of

Ngozi

Burundi

Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Ngozi / Ngozien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Gitega

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (Universal) 📅

History

1949.07.14: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Ngozi / Ngozien(sis) (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Urundi)
1959.06.11: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Usumbura
1959.11.10: Promoted as Diocese of Ngozi / Ngozien(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Gitega)
1968.09.05: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Muyinga

Present Prelates

Bishop (2019.12.17 – ...):

Bishop Georges Bizimana (58)

Apostolic Administrator of Bubanza (Burundi)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Ngozi (Roman Rite)

Bishop Georges Bizimana (58)
(2019.12.17 – ...)

Bishop of Ngozi (Burundi)
Apostolic Administrator of Bubanza (Burundi)

Born:	1965.03.12 (Buraniro, Burundi)
Ordained Priest:	1994.08.20
Consecrated Bishop:	2014.03.01

Priest of Ngozi (Burundi) (1994.08.20 – 2013.12.07)

Coadjutor Bishop of Bubanza (Burundi) (2013.12.07 – 2019.12.17)

Bishop of Ngozi (Burundi) (2019.12.17 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Bubanza (Burundi) (2023.04.01 – ...)

Bishop Gervais Banshimiyubusa (71) (later Archbishop)
(2002.12.14 – 2018.03.24)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bujumbura (Burundi)

Caritas Christi urget nos

Born:	1952.09.09 (Gisuru, Burundi)
Ordained Priest:	1981.07.04
Consecrated Bishop:	2000.09.16

Priest of Ruyigi (Burundi) (1981.07.04 – 2000.05.10)

Coadjutor Bishop of Ngozi (Burundi) (2000.05.10 – 2002.12.14)

Bishop of Ngozi (Burundi) (2002.12.14 – 2018.03.24)

President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Burundi (2011 – 2017.03.10)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Bujumbura (Burundi) (2018.03.24 – ...)

Bishop Stanislas Kaburungu (88)
(1968.09.05 – 2002.12.14)

Bishop emeritus of Ngozi (Burundi)

Born:	1935.10.07 (Gisanze, Burundi)
Ordained Priest:	1961.09.03
Consecrated Bishop:	1969.01.25

Priest of Ngozi (Burundi) (1961.09.03 – 1968.09.05)

Bishop of Ngozi (Burundi) (1968.09.05 – 2002.12.14)

Bishop André Makarakiza, M. Afr. (later Archbishop)
(1961.08.21 – 1968.09.05)

Born:	1919 (Burundi)
Ordained Priest:	1951.08.16
Consecrated Bishop:	1961.12.08
Died:	2004.04.17 († 84)

Bishop of Ngozi (Burundi) (1961.08.21 – 1968.09.05)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Gitega (Burundi) (1968.09.05 – 1982.11.06)

Bishop Joseph Martin, M. Afr.
(1959.11.10 – 1961.06.06)

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)

Vicars Apostolic of Ngozi (Roman Rite)

Bishop Joseph Martin, M. Afr.
(1949.07.14 – 1959.11.10)

(see above)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Gervais Banshimiyubusa (71) (later Archbishop) (2000.05.10 – 2002.12.14)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathédrale Notre Dame de Fatima, Ngozi, Ngozi

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 2,707 km²

Population: 1,232,770 Catholics (71.7% of 1,718,700 total)

Pastoral Centres: 29 parishes

Personnel: 113 priests (101 diocesan, 12 religious), 297 religious (24 brothers, 273 sisters), 80 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2023.11.30

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