Joseph Ruzindana

Mgr. Joseph Ruzindana
Bishop of Byumba, Rwanda
Appointed	5 November 1981
Installed	17 January 1982
Term ended	7 June 1994
Successor	Servilien Nzakamwita
Personal details
Born	3 June 1943 Rambura
Died	5 June 1994 (aged 51) Kabgayi
Nationality	Swiss
Denomination	Catholic

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

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, and nine priests.^[3] The soldiers who killed them were their guards at Gakurazo, near the Kabgayi church center.^[4][5]

References

Citations

1. Cheney 2012.
2. Linden & Linden 1999, p. 392.
3. Muhoozi 2011, p. 287.
4. Lewis 1994.
5. 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.
• 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.