Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gitega

History

• 1912.12.12: Apostolic Vicariate of Kivu formed from parts of the Apostolic Vicariate of Unyanyembe and the Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Victoria Nyanza.
• 1921: Apostolic Vicariate of Kivu renamed the Apostolic Vicariate of Urundi and Kivu
• 1922.04.25: Apostolic Vicariate of Urundi and Kivu divided into the Apostolic Vicariate of Urundi and the Apostolic Vicariate of Ruanda.
• 1949.07.14: Apostolic Vicariate of Urundi renamed the Apostolic Vicariate of Kitega
• 1959.11.10: Apostolic Vicariate of Kitega promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gitega

  Bishops

Ordinaries, in reverse chronological order

• Metropolitan Archbishops of Gitega, below
• *Archbishop Simon Ntamwana – since 1997.01.24
• *Archbishop Joachim Ruhuna
• *Archbishop André Makarakiza, M. Afr.
• *Archbishop Antoine Grauls, M. Afr. ; see below
• Vicar Apostolic of Kitega
• * Bishop Antoine Grauls, M. Afr. ; see above & below
• Vicars Apostolic of Urundi
• * Bishop Antoine Grauls, M. Afr. ; see above
• * Bishop Julien-Louis-Edouard-Marie Gorju, M. Afr.

  Coadjutor archbishop

• Joachim Ruhuna

  Auxiliary bishops

• Gabriel Kihimbare, never consecrated
• Nestor Bihonda, 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

• Diocese of Muyinga
• Diocese of Ngozi
• Diocese of Rutana
• Diocese of Ruyigi