Archbishop Simon Ntamwana

Archbishop Emeritus of Gitega, Burundi

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
3 Jun 1946		Born
24 Mar 1974	27.8	Ordained Priest	Priest
14 Nov 1988	42.4	Appointed	Bishop of Bujumbura, Burundi
5 Feb 1989	42.6	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Bujumbura, Burundi
24 Jan 1997	50.6	Appointed	Archbishop of Gitega, Burundi
19 Feb 2022	75.7	Retired	Archbishop of Gitega, Burundi

MicroData Summary
Simon Ntamwana
Archbishop Simon Ntamwana
(born 3 Jun 1946)
Archbishop Emeritus of Gitega

Ad Limina - May 2005: Bishop
Ad Limina - May 2014: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Mukenke
Ordained Bishop Open Air, Bujumbura, Diocese of Bujumbura

Please contact the Archbishop through the Archdiocese of Gitega.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Agnelo Cardinal Rossi †
Cardinal-Priest of Gran Madre di Dio
Principal Consecrator:
Bernardin Cardinal Gantin †
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Michel Ntuyahaga †
Bishop Emeritus of Bujumbura
Bishop Roger Mpungu †
Bishop of Muyinga

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bernardin Cardinal Gantin † (1957)
Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina
Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Cardinal Tisserant † (1937)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Cardinal Pacelli † (1917)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Pope Benedict XV (1907)
(Giacomo Giambattista della Chiesa †)
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
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

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Joachim Ntahondereye (2003)
Archbishop Bonaventure Nahimana (2009)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Jean-Berchmans Nterere † (1992)
Bishop Jean Ntagwarara (1998)
Bishop Venant Bacinoni † (2007)
Bishop Blaise Nzeyimana (2011)
Bishop Georges Bizimana (2014)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 1763148705698437080004
WikiData: Q556345

Source(s):

ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 113, Number 10,039
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 117, Number 10,452
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 194, Deceased Cardinals (back)
r: Bollettino, 19 Feb 2022

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