Joseph Ruzindana
Rwandan bishop
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| Intro | Rwandan bishop | |
| Places | Rwanda | |
| was | Priest | |
| Work field | Religion | |
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| Religion: | Catholic church | |
| Birth | 3 June 1943, Nyabihu District, Western Province, Rwanda | |
| Death | 5 June 1994Kabgayi, Muhanga District, Southern Province, Rwanda (aged 51 years) | |
| Star sign | Gemini |
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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. The bishopric of Byumba was newly formed through a division of the diocese of Ruhengeri.
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, a senior priest of the Josephite Brothers, and a child. The soldiers who killed them were their guards at Gakurazo, near the Kabgayi church center.