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* Establishment of the [[Archdiocese of Gitega]] in 1959<ref name="GCatholic2025"/>
* Establishment of the [[Archdiocese of Gitega]] in 1959<ref name="GCatholic2025"/>
* The Church:
* The Church:
  * Mediated during the 1972 and 1993 ethnic conflicts
** Mediated during the 1972 and 1993 ethnic conflicts
  * Aided post-civil war recovery
** Aided post-civil war recovery
 
* No papal visits have occurred due to instability, but [[Pope John Paul II]]’s 1990 message to Burundian Catholics reinforced the Church’s role.<ref name="Vatican2024">{{Cite web |title=Burundi’s Catholic History |url=https://www.vaticannews.va/en/church/news/burundi.html |publisher=Vatican News |date=2024-08-15 |access-date=2025-05-30}}</ref>
* No papal visits have occurred due to instability, but [[Pope John Paul II]]’s 1990 message to Burundian Catholics reinforced the Church’s role.<ref name="Vatican2024">{{Cite web |title=Burundi’s Catholic History |url=https://www.vaticannews.va/en/church/news/burundi.html |publisher=Vatican News |date=2024-08-15 |access-date=2025-05-30}}</ref>