Joseph Ruzindana

Joseph Ruzindana (3 June 1943 – 5 June 1994) was a Catholic Bishop of Byumba in Rwanda.

Mgr.

Joseph Ruzindana
Bishop of Byumba, Rwanda
Appointed5 November 1981
Installed17 January 1982
Term ended7 June 1994
SuccessorServilien Nzakamwita
Personal details
Born(1943-06-03)3 June 1943
Rambura
Died5 June 1994(1994-06-05) (aged 51)
Kabgayi
NationalityRwandan
DenominationCatholic

Joseph Ruzindana was born on 3 June 1943 in Rambura. On 23 July 1972 he was ordained priest of Byumba. He was appointed Bishop of Byumba on 5 November 1981, and ordained on 17 January 1982.[1] The bishopric of Byumba was newly formed through a division of the diocese of Ruhengeri.[2]

During the Rwandan genocide, Ruzindana was killed on 5 June 1994 by soldiers of the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF), along with Vincent Nsengiyumva, Archbishop of Kigali, Thaddée Nsengiyumva, Bishop of Kabgayi, nine priests,[3] a senior priest of the Josephite Brothers, and a child.[4] The soldiers who killed them were their guards at Gakurazo, near the Kabgayi church center.[5][6]

References

Citations

  1. Cheney 2012.
  2. Linden & Linden 1999, p. 392.
  3. Muhoozi 2011, p. 287.
  4. Guichaoua 2015, pp. 313–315.
  5. Lewis 1994.
  6. Desouter 2007, p. 90.

Sources

  • Cheney, David M. (2012). "Bishop Joseph Ruzindana". Catholic Hierarchy. Retrieved 2013-03-22.
  • Desouter, Serge (May 2007). Rwanda le procès du FPR: Mise au point historique. Harmattan. ISBN 978-2-296-16303-4. Retrieved 2013-03-22.
  • Guichaoua, André (2015). From War to Genocide: Criminal Politics in Rwanda, 1990–1994. University of Wisconsin Press. ISBN 9780299298203.
  • Lewis, Paul (June 12, 1994). "June 5–10: New Atrocities in Africa; Three Bishops and 10 Priests Are Slaughtered in Rwanda As Tribal Killings Go On". New York Times. Retrieved 2013-03-22.
  • Linden, Ian; Linden, Jane (1999). Christianisme et pouvoirs au Rwanda, 1900-1990: (1900-1990). KARTHALA Editions. ISBN 978-2-86537-918-7. Retrieved 2013-03-22.
  • Muhoozi, Francis Xavier Ndagabanye (2011-02-17). A Deficit of Logic in the Great Lakes of Africa. AuthorHouse. p. 287. ISBN 978-1-4678-9437-1. Retrieved 2013-03-22.
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