Bernard Ntahoturi

The Right Reverend                    Bernard Ntahoturi
Primate of Burundi, Bishop of Matana
Church	Anglican Church of Burundi
See	Bujumbura
In office	July 2005-
Orders
Ordination	1973
Consecration	1997
Personal details
Born	1948 Matana, Burundi

Bernard Ntahoturi (born 1948 in Mantana) is the current Primate of the Anglican Church of Burundi and Bishop of Matana.

Ntahoturi studied at Mukono Theological College, in Uganda, from 1968 to 1972. He then took his Diploma in Theology at the University of Cambridge; Ridley Hall and St. John's College, in 1976, and his M.A. in Diplomacy at Lincoln College, Oxford in 1982.

Ntahoturi was ordained an Anglican priest in 1973. He served in the government of Burundi from 1979 to 1986, becoming chief of staff of President Jean-Baptiste Bagaza. After the overthrowing of President Bagaza in 1987, in a military coup, he was jailed from 1987 to 1991.

He was Provincial Secretary of the Episcopal Church of Burundi, being consecrated bishop of the Diocese of Matana in 1997. He was consecrated the third primate of the Anglican Church of Burundi on July 17, 2005. His mandate of five years was extended to another five at the reunion of the House of the Bishops of Burundi, on 23-24 June 2010, starting on July 17, 2010.

He is also a member of the Central Committee of the World Council of Churches and chair of the Inter-Anglican Standing Commission for Unity, Faith, and Order. He was elected Chairman of the Council of the Anglican Provinces in Africa (CAPA) on February 7, 2012.

He has been involved in the Anglican realignment movement as a member of the Global South (Anglican). He attended GAFCON II, that took place in Nairobi, Kenya, from 21 to 26 October 2013.

External links

• Archbishop Bernard Ntahoturi Biography

Anglican Communion titles
Preceded by Samuel Ndayisenga	Primate of the Anglican Church of Burundi 2005–	Incumbent