Bishop Léonidas Nitereka

Bishop of Rutana, Burundi

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1 Sep 1960		Born
17 Aug 1986	25.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Bururi, Burundi
15 Feb 2025	64.4	Appointed	Bishop of Rutana, Burundi
12 Apr 2025	64.6	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Rutana, Burundi

MicroData Summary
Léonidas Nitereka
Bishop Léonidas Nitereka
(born 1 Sep 1960)
Bishop of Rutana

Event Place
Birth Place Martyazo, Archdiocese of Gitega
Ordained Bishop Municipal, Stadium, Rutana, Diocese of Rutana

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Rutana.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Dieudonné Datonou
Titular Archbishop of Vico Equense
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Bonaventure Nahimana
Archbishop of Gitega
Bishop Salvator Niciteretse
Bishop of Bururi

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Dieudonné Datonou (2021)
Titular Archbishop of Vico Equense
Pietro Cardinal Parolin (2009)
Cardinal-Bishop of Santi Simone e Giuda Taddeo a Torre Angela
Pope Benedict XVI (1977)
(Joseph Ratzinger †)
Bishop Josef Stangl † (1957)
Bishop of Würzburg
Archbishop Josef Schneider † (1955)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Joseph Cardinal Wendel † (1941)
Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}
Bishop Ludwig Sebastian † (1917)
Bishop of Speyer
Archbishop Johann Jakob von Hauck † (1912)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Bishop Ferdinand von Schlör † (1898)
Bishop of Würzburg
Archbishop Joseph von Schork † (1891)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Bishop Franz Joseph von Stein † (1879)
Bishop of Würzburg
Archbishop Friedrich Josef von Schreiber † (1875)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Archbishop Gregor (Leonhard Andreas) von Scherr, O.S.B. † (1856)
Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}
Archbishop Antonio Saverio De Luca † (1845)
Titular Archbishop of Tarsus
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q132399296

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 15 Feb 2025
ob: CB, 21 Mar 2025
c23: CB, 12 Apr 2025
c4: CB, 14 Apr 2025

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