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Roman Catholicism In Burundi
The Catholic Church in Burundi is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. There are about four million Catholics—around two-thirds of the total population. There are seven dioceses, including two archdioceses. * Archdiocese of Bujumbura ** Diocese of Bubanza ** Diocese of Bururi * Archdiocese of Gitega ** Diocese of Muyinga ** Diocese of Ngozi ** Diocese of Rutana ** Diocese of Ruyigi History ''Main source:'' and '' Air University'' Early Failed Attempts The first attempt to spread Catholicism to the Burundians was at Rumonge on July 30, 1879, and lasted until May 4, 1881, when the two White Fathers, Deniaud and Promaux, were killed by the Burundians. More White Fathers returned in 1884, but this time to Bujumbura. Once again they had to leave due to the violence instigated by Arab slave traders. A third attempt neaBuzigein 1891 was also thwarted by the slave traders. In a fourth attempt in 1896, Fathers Van Der Burght a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gitega Church
Gitega (), formerly Kitega, is the political capital of Burundi. Located in the centre of the country, in the Burundian central plateau roughly east of Bujumbura, the largest city and former political capital, Gitega is the country's fourth largest city and former royal capital of the Kingdom of Burundi until its abolition in 1966. In December 2018, then Burundian president, the late Pierre Nkurunziza announced that he would follow on a 2007 promise to return Gitega its former political capital status, with Bujumbura remaining as economic capital and centre of commerce. A vote in the Parliament of Burundi made the change official on 16 January 2019, with all branches of government expected to move in over three years. Geography Gitega is the capital of Gitega Province, one of the eighteen provinces of Burundi. It is located in the center of the country, at roughly the same distance between the commercial capital, Bujumbura on Lake Tanganyika to the west, the Tanzanian border to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Diocese Of Ruyigi
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ruyigi () is a diocese located in the city of Ruyigi in the ecclesiastical province of Gitega in Burundi. History * April 13, 1973: Established as Diocese of Ruyigi from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gitega and Diocese of Ngozi Bishops * Bishops of Ruyigi (Roman rite), in reverse chronological order ** Bishop Blaise Nzeyimana (since October 30, 2010) ** Bishop Joseph Nduhirubusa (April 19, 1980 – October 30, 2010) ** Bishop Joachim Ruhuna (April 13, 1973 – March 28, 1980), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Gitega Other priest of this diocese who became bishop Joachim Ntahondereye, appointed Bishop of Muyinga in 2002 See also *Roman Catholicism in Burundi The Catholic Church in Burundi is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. There are about four million Catholics—around two-thirds of the total population. There are seven dioceses, including ... References External links G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conference Of Catholic Bishops Of Burundi
The Conference of Catholic Bishops of Burundi (French language, French: ''Conférence des évêques catholiques du Burundi'', CECAB). is the episcopal conference of the Catholic Church in Burundi. The CECAB is a member of the Association des Conférences Episcopal de l'Afrique Centrale (ACEAC) and Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM). ;List of presidents of the Bishops' Conference: 1980-1986: Joachim Ruhuna, Archbishop of Gitega 1986-1989: Evariste Ngoyagoye, bishop of Bubanza 1989-1997: Bernard Bududira, Bishop of Bururi 1997-2004: Simon Ntamwana, Archbishop of Gitega 2004-2007: Jean Ntagwarara, bishop of Bubanza 2007-2011: Evariste Ngoyagoye, Archbishop of Bujumbura from 2011: Banshimiyubusa Gervais, Bishop of Ngozi See also *Episcopal conference *Catholic Church in Burundi References Episcopal conferences, Burundi Catholic Church in Burundi {{Burundi-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xaveri Burundi
Xaveri Burundi is a Catholic youth organization in Burundi. Xaveri Burundi is part of the African Xaveri Movement and a member of the Catholic youth umbrella organization Fimcap The FIMCAP, which is short for Fédération Internationale des Mouvements Catholiques d'Action Paroissiale (French for "International Federation of Catholic Parochial Youth Movements"), is an umbrella organization for Catholic youth organizations .... History Xaveri Burundi was founded in 1953 by Reverend Frère Geolf. References {{Catholic youth work Catholic youth organizations Youth organisations based in Burundi Fimcap Catholic Church in Burundi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Évariste Ndayishimiye
Évariste Ndayishimiye (born 1968) is a Burundian politician who has served as the tenth President of Burundi since 18 June 2020. He became involved in the rebel National Council for the Defense of Democracy – Forces for the Defense of Democracy during the Burundian Civil War and rose up the ranks of its militia. At the end of the conflict, he entered the Burundian Army and held a number of political offices under the auspices of President Pierre Nkurunziza. Nkurunziza endorsed Ndayishimiye as his successor ahead of the 2020 elections which he won with a large majority. Biography Évariste Ndayishimiye was born in 1968 at Musama, Kabanga Zone in Giheta, Gitega Province in Burundi. He is reported to be a "fervent" Catholic. He began studies in law at the University of Burundi (UB) but was still studying in 1995 when Hutu students were massacred as part of the inter-ethnic violence which accompanied the Burundian Civil War (1993–2005). He fled and joined the modera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Department Of State
The United States Department of State (DOS), or simply the State Department, is an United States federal executive departments, executive department of the U.S. federal government responsible for the country's foreign policy of the United States, foreign policy and foreign relations of the United States, relations. Equivalent to the ministry of foreign affairs of other nations, its primary duties are advising the U.S. president on international relations, administering List of diplomatic missions of the United States, diplomatic missions, negotiating international treaties and agreements, protecting citizens abroad and representing the U.S. at the United Nations. The department is headquartered in the Harry S Truman Building, a few blocks from the White House, in the Foggy Bottom, Washington, D.C., Foggy Bottom neighborhood of Washington, D.C.; "Foggy Bottom" is thus sometimes used as a metonym. Established in 1789 as the first administrative arm of the U.S. executive branch, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rwandan Genocide
The Rwandan genocide, also known as the genocide against the Tutsi, occurred from 7 April to 19 July 1994 during the Rwandan Civil War. Over a span of around 100 days, members of the Tutsi ethnic group, as well as some moderate Hutu and Great Lakes Twa, Twa, were systematically killed by Hutu militias. While the Constitution of Rwanda, Rwandan Constitution states that over 1 million people were killed, most scholarly estimates suggest between 500,000 and 662,000 Tutsi died, mostly men. The genocide was marked by extreme violence, with victims often murdered by neighbors, and widespread sexual violence, with between 250,000 and 500,000 women raped. The genocide was rooted in long-standing ethnic tensions, exacerbated by the Rwandan Civil War, which began in 1990 when the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF), a predominantly Tutsi rebel group, invaded Rwanda from Uganda. The war reached a tentative peace with the Arusha Accords (Rwanda), Arusha Accords in 1993. However, the Assassina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kinyinya
Kinyinya is a city in eastern Burundi, close to the border with Tanzania. It is located southwest of Gisuru Gisuru is a city in eastern Burundi. It is located close to the border with Tanzania, to the northeast of Kinyinya and southwest of Cankuzo. It is the capital of the Commune of Gisuru The commune of Gisuru is a commune of Ruyigi Province in ... and northeast of Mount Kikizi. References Fitzpatrick, M., Parkinson, T., & Ray, N. (2006) ''East Africa.'' Footscray, VIC: Lonely Planet. Cities in Burundi Ruyigi Province {{Burundi-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imana
Imana is the creator deity in the traditional Banyarwanda and Barundi religion in Rwanda and Burundi and other related ethnic groups, such as Baha in Tanzania and Banyamulenge in the Democratic Republic of Congo. In current-day usage, the term refers to God as found in Christianity Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion, which states that Jesus in Christianity, Jesus is the Son of God (Christianity), Son of God and Resurrection of Jesus, rose from the dead after his Crucifixion of Jesus, crucifixion, whose .... Ancient Banyarwanda and Barundi believed in one god, the creator Imana. In their mythology, Imana was the creator and the supporter of all the Barundi and Banyarwanda people. Imana was seen as almighty and gracious, intervening in one of the legends in an altercation between a man who had always borrowed beans from different people but wriggled out of repaying the debt. Imana ruled all living things and gave them immortality by hunting an animal known a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bujumbura
Bujumbura (; ), formerly Usumbura, is the economic capital, largest city and main port of Burundi. It ships most of the country's chief export, coffee, as well as cotton and tin ore. Bujumbura was formerly the country's political capital. In late December 2018, Burundian president Pierre Nkurunziza announced that he would follow through on a 2007 promise to return Gitega its former political capital status, with Bujumbura remaining as economical capital and center of commerce. A vote in the Parliament of Burundi made the change official on 16 January 2019, with all branches of government expected to move to Gitega within three years. History Bujumbura grew from a small village after it became a military post in German East Africa in 1889. After World War I it was made the administrative center of the Belgium, Belgian League of Nations mandate of Ruanda-Urundi. The name was changed from Usumbura to Bujumbura when Burundi became independent in 1962. Since independence, Bujumbura ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White Fathers
The White Fathers (), officially known as the Missionaries of Africa (), and abbreviated MAfr, are a Roman Catholic society of apostolic life of pontifical right (for men). They were founded in 1868 by Charles-Martial Allemand-Lavigerie, who was then the Archbishop of Algiers. The society focuses on evangelization and education, primarily in Africa. As of 2021, the Missionaries of Africa comprised 1,428 members from 36 nationalities, working in 42 countries across 217 communities. History The cholera epidemic of 1867 caused the death of 80,000 people in French Algeria and left a large number of Algerian orphans, prompting the establishment of the society of White Fathers in Maison-Carrée (now El-Harrach), near Algiers. While the initial focus of the White Fathers was on the education and Christian instruction of these children, the society's founder, Charles-Martial Allemand-Lavigerie, who was then the Archbishop of Algiers, envisioned the society's mission extending ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rumonge
Rumonge is the capital of Rumonge Province, Burundi, and is located on the shores of Lake Tanganyika Lake Tanganyika ( ; ) is an African Great Lakes, African Great Lake. It is the world's List of lakes by volume, second-largest freshwater lake by volume and the List of lakes by depth, second deepest, in both cases after Lake Baikal in Siberia. .... The 2008 census recorded a population of 35,931 in Rumonge, making it Burundi's fourth largest city. It had a big Arab (Sharji/Azri) presence before Burundi's independence in 1962. The Rumonge Hospital is a public regional hospital. It serves the Rumonge Health District. The present hospital has its origins as a dispensary created in 1922 during the Belgian colonial period. Over the years it steadily expanded, until today it can accommodate a large number of patients. In May 2024 hundreds of families in Rumonge, particularly the Kanyenkoko district, had to leave their homes due to flooding caused by water from the Murembwe River ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
