Diocese of Ruyigi Dioecesis Ruyigiensis | |
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Location | |
Country | Burundi |
Metropolitan | Gitega |
Statistics | |
Area | 4,997 km2 (1,929 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 599,689 370,611 (61.8%) |
Information | |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Blaise Nzeyimana |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ruyigi (Latin : Ruyigen(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Ruyigi in the ecclesiastical province of Gitega in Burundi.
Joachim Ntahondereye, appointed Bishop of Muyinga in 2002
Ruyigi Province is one of the 18 provinces of Burundi.
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Joachim Ntahondereye is a bishop in the Catholic Church. He was appointed Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Muyinga in Muyinga, Burundi, on 14 December 2002. Previously, he was appointed priest of Ruyigi, Burundi, on 16 November 1980. On Wednesday, 21 March 2012, Bishop Ntahondereye was appointed a Consultor of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Health Care Workers by Pope Benedict XVI. Since 09 December 2016, Bishop Joachim Ntahondereye has been President of the Burundian Conference of Catholic Bishops.
Simon Ntamwana has been the Roman Catholic archbishop of the Archdiocese of Gitega in Burundi since 1997. Ntamwana was ordained as a priest on 24 March 1974 and from 1988 to 1997 he was the bishop of the diocese in Bujumbura. In 1997 he succeeded Joachim Ruhuna as the archbishop of Gitega.
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