Joseph Ruzindana
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Joseph Ruzindana
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Joseph Ruzindana 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
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Rwandan bishop
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