Archbishop Bonaventure Nahimana

Archbishop of Gitega, Burundi

Apostolic Administrator of Rutana

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
3 Jun 1959		Born
10 Aug 1986	27.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Gitega, Burundi
17 Jan 2009	49.6	Appointed	Bishop of Rutana, Burundi
28 Mar 2009	49.8	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Rutana, Burundi
19 Feb 2022	62.7	Appointed	Archbishop of Gitega, Burundi
19 Feb 2022	62.7	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Rutana, Burundi
12 Apr 2025	65.8	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Rutana, Burundi

MicroData Summary
Bonaventure Nahimana
Archbishop Bonaventure Nahimana
(born 3 Jun 1959)
Archbishop of Gitega

Ad Limina - May 2014: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Gisebuzi
Ordained Bishop Stadium, Rutana, Diocese of Rutana

Please contact the Archbishop through the Archdiocese of Gitega.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Simon Ntamwana
Archbishop of Gitega
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Joseph Nduhirubusa †
Bishop of Ruyigi
Bishop Venant Bacinoni †
Bishop of Bururi

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Simon Ntamwana (1989)
Archbishop of Gitega
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

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q892149

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 17 Jan 2009
ob/c2+: CB
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 197, Number 16,085
c34: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 198, Additions/Corrections (front)
ab: Bollettino, 19 Feb 2022

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