Gitega, 20 February, 2022 / 9:15 pm (ACI Africa).
Pope Francis has accepted the retirement of Archbishop Simon Ntamwana of the Catholic Archdiocese of Gitega in Burundi and appointed his successor.
In the latest administrative changes published Saturday, February 19 by the Holy See Press Office, the Holy Father appointed Bishop Bonaventure Nahimana of Rutana Diocese as the successor of Archbishop Ntamwana.
Archbishop-elect Nahimana is expected to succeed 75-year-old Archbishop Ntamwana who has been at the helm of the Burundian Archdiocese since August 1986.
The Archbishop-elect will also serve as Apostolic Administrator of Rutana Diocese where he has been Bishop since his Episcopal Ordination in March 2009.
A native of the same Episcopal See, the 62-year-old Archbishop-elect was ordained a Priest in August 1986.