Joseph Ruzindana
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Mgr. Joseph Ruzindana |
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| 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 | Rwandan |
| 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. 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, and nine priests. The soldiers who killed them were their guards at Gakurazo, near the Kabgayi church center.
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