Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gitega

Archdiocese of Gitega Archidioecesis Kitegaensis^[1]
Cathedral of Christ the King
Location
Country	Burundi
Ecclesiastical province	Ecclesiastical province of Gitega, Burundi
Metropolitan	Gitega
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Cathedral	Cathedral of Christ the King^[2]
Current leadership
Pope	Benedict XVI
Archbishop	Simon Ntamwana^[3]

The Archdiocese of Gitega the Metropolitan See for the Ecclesiastical province of Gitega in Burundi.

History

1912.12.12: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Kivu from Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Victoria Nyanza in Tanzania
1921: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Urundi and Kivu
1922.04.25: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Urundi
1949.07.14: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Kitega
1959.11.10: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gitega

Metropolitan Archbishops of Gitega (Roman rite)
- Archbishop Simon Ntamwana - since 1997.01.24
- Archbishop Joachim Ruhuna (1982.11.06 – 1996.09.09)
- Archbishop André Makarakiza, M. Afr. (1968.09.05 – 1982.11.06)
- Archbishop Antoine Grauls, M. Afr. (1959.11.10 – 1967.10.16)
Vicars Apostolic of Kitega (Roman rite)
- Archbishop Antoine Grauls, M. Afr. (1949.07.14 – 1959.11.10)
Vicars Apostolic of Urundi (Roman rite)
- Archbishop Antoine Grauls, M. Afr.(1936.12.23 – 1949.07.14)
- Bishop Julien-Louis-Edouard-Marie Gorju, M. Afr. (1922.04.26 – 1936.05.29)