Burundi

Seniority by Bishop Ordination

Ordained Bishop	Years	Name	Current Title
25 Jan 1969		Bishop Stanislas Kaburungu	Bishop Emeritus of Ngozi
24 Aug 1980		Archbishop Evariste Ngoyagoye	Archbishop Emeritus of Bujumbura
5 Feb 1989		Archbishop Simon Ntamwana	Archbishop Emeritus of Gitega
6 Jan 1992		Archbishop Rino Passigato	Apostolic Nuncio
27 Jun 1996		Emil Paul Cardinal Tscherrig	Apostolic Nuncio
14 Feb 1998		Bishop Jean Ntagwarara	Bishop Emeritus of Bubanza
16 Sep 2000		Archbishop Gervais Banshimiyubusa	Archbishop of Bujumbura
1 Mar 2003		Bishop Joachim Ntahondereye	Bishop of Muyinga
13 Mar 2004		Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher	Secretary (Relations with States) of the Secretariat of State, Roman Curia
22 Jul 2007		Bishop Willy Ngumbi Ngengele, M. Afr.	Bishop of Goma, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
28 Mar 2009		Archbishop Bonaventure Nahimana	Archbishop of Gitega
12 Sep 2009		Archbishop Franco Coppola	Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium
15 Jan 2011		Bishop Blaise Nzeyimana	Bishop of Ruyigi
1 Mar 2014		Bishop Georges Bizimana	Bishop of Ngozi
9 Aug 2014		Archbishop Wojciech Załuski	Apostolic Nuncio to Malaysia
18 Apr 2020		Bishop Salvator Niciteretse	Bishop of Bururi
20 Nov 2021		Archbishop Dieudonné Datonou	Apostolic Nuncio to Burundi

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