Sixbert Macumi Explained

Type:Archbishop
Honorific-Prefix:The Most Reverend
Sixbert Macumi
Primate of Burundi, Bishop of Buye
Church:Anglican Church of Burundi
See:Bujumbura
Term:21 August 2021-
Ordination:1996
Consecration:2005
Consecrated By:Samuel Sindamuka
Birth Date:1968
Birth Place:Gakoni

Sixbert Macumi (born Gakoni, 1968) is a Burundian Anglican bishop. He is the bishop of Buye and has been the primate and archbishop of the Province of the Anglican Church of Burundi since 21 August 2021.[1]

Early life and ecclesiastical career

He was born in the province of Muyinga. He would be baptized in the Anglican faith in 1979 and confirmed in 1981. He decided to follow a religious life and he studied at the Theological Institute of Matana, from 1991 to 1994. He was ordained a deacon during this time. After finishing his studies, he returned to the Diocese of Buye, where he was a teachder at the Bishop Barham Theological College, in Buye. He was ordained a priest in 1996, and he was director and teacher at the Bishop Barham College. He was at the same time priest at Gatukuza parish and All Saints Cathedral, in Buye. He was diocesan secretary at Buye, from 1997 to 2000. He went back to his Theology studies in 2000, at Uganda Christian University, where he got a diploma. He returned to teach at Bishop Barham College afterwards.[2]

He was consecrated bishop of Buye, in 2005. He was elected on 24 May 2021 archbishop and primate of Burundi, and his consecration took place at the Holy Trinity Cathedral, in Bujumbura, on 21 August 2021.[3]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.anglicanburundi.org/news/2021/05/24/fifth-archbishop-burundi-elected/ Fifth Archbishop of Burundi Elected, Anglican Church of Burundi Official Website
  2. http://www.anglicanburundi.org/news/2021/05/24/fifth-archbishop-burundi-elected/ Fifth Archbishop of Burundi Elected, Anglican Church of Burundi Official Website
  3. http://www.anglicanburundi.org/news/2021/08/22/archbishop-sixbert-macumi-installed/ Sixbert Macumi installed, Anglican Church of Burundi, 22 August 2021