Postcolonial Period
(independence 01 July 1962)
Gabriel
Gihimbare
auxiliary bishop-elect of Gitega
born:
01 June 1926 in (Burundi)
died:
13 December 1964 in Kanyinya, Kirundo
(Burundi)
Gabriel
Ngeza
priest of the archdiocese of Bujumbura
born:
14 June 1915 in Gitega (Burundi)
died:
02 May 1972 in
Gitega (Burundi)
Siméon Rwabaye
layperson of the archdiocese of Bujumbura; married
born: 1931 in
Butahama, Mabayi, Cibitoke (Burundi)
disappeared:
08 May 1972 in Bujumbura (Burundi)
François
Xavier Mutérâgiranwa
priest of the archdiocese of Bujumbura
born:
28 November 1906 in (Burundi)
died:
10 May 1972 in Bujumbura (Burundi)
Jean
Bosco Ngendakumana
professed religious, Brothers of Our Lady of Mercy
born:
in (Burundi)
Joseph Muke
professed
religious, Brothers of Our Lady of Mercy
born:
in (Burundi)
died:
13 May 1972
in Rugari, Muyinga (Burundi)
Martin Gakwâvu
priest of the diocese of Muyinga
born:
25 January 1941 in (Burundi)
died:
15 May 1972 near Mugera, Ruyigi (Burundi)
Marc
Gahungù
priest of the diocese of Ngozi
born:
15 June 1931 in Bukeye, Muramvya (Burundi)
died:
15 May 1972 in Rumonge (Burundi)
Astère
Hakizimâna
priest of the diocese of Muyinga
born:
08 September 1941 in Bukeye, Muramvya (Burundi)
died:
15 May 1972 in Gitega (Burundi)
Joseph
Nikoyangize
professed religious, Sisters of Providence of
Portieux
born:
1935 in Bukeye, Muramvya (Burundi)
Melchior Bivanda
professed religious, Sisters of Providence of
Portieux
born:
15 September 1942 in Munanira, Muramvya (Burundi)
Donatien Nzeyimâna
professed religious, Sisters of Providence of
Portieux
born:
1939 in Bukeye, Muramvya (Burundi)
died:
15 May 1972 in
Bubanza (Burundi)
Jérôme
Nsangûyé
priest of the diocese of Ngozi
born:
06 March 1943 in (Burundi)
died:
15 May 1972 in
Ngozi (Burundi)
Paul
Ntirâmpéba
priest of the diocese of Muyinga
born:
04 July 1915 in (Burundi)
died:
15 May 1972 in
Gisanze, Muyinga (Burundi)
Protais
Ruhaya
priest of the diocese of Muyinga
born:
29 May 1940 in (Burundi)
died:
15 May 1972 in
Gitega (Burundi)
Thomas
Samândari
priest of the archdiocese of Gitega
born:
1927 in Giheta, Gitega (Burundi)
died:
15 May 1972 in
Gitega (Burundi)
Marcel
Simbândûmwe
priest of the diocese of Ngozi
born:
28 October 1932 in (Burundi)
died:
15 May 1972 in
Ngozi (Burundi)
Michel
Kayóya
priest of the diocese of Muyinga
born: 08 December
1934 in Kibumbu, Muramvya (Burundi)
died:
17 May 1972 in Gitega (Burundi)
Sébastien
Girukubônyé
priest of the diocese of Ngozi
born:
07 July 1963 in Kayanza (Burundi)
died:
1972 in Ngozi (Burundi)
Théophile
Karênzo
priest of the archdiocese of Gitega
born:
May 1934 in (Burundi)
died:
1972 in
Gitega (Burundi)
Pascal
Kayéhe
priest of the diocese of Ngozi
born:
03 April 1932 in Gahombo, Ngozi (Burundi)
died:
1972 in
(Burundi)
Émile
Ndigîriye
priest of the archdiocese of Gitega
born:
24 December 1912 in (Burundi)
died:
1972 in
Gitega (Burundi)
Berthilde
Ndayishimiye (Yacintha)
professed religious, Bene Tereziya Sisters
born:
in (Burundi)
died:
1972 in
Ruganza, Kayanza (Burundi)
Louis
Bakama
professed religious, Brothers of Our Lady of Mercy
born:
in (Burundi)
Zacharie Kahungu
professed religious, Brothers of Our Lady of Mercy
born:
in (Burundi)
Bernard Ngendabanyikwa
professed
religious, Brothers of Our Lady of Mercy
born:
in (Burundi)
died:
24 October 1973
in Musenyi, Gitega (Burundi)
Arnold Knevels (Anicet)
priest of the Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)
born: 09 May 1939 in
Bocholt, Maaseik, Limburg (Belgium)
died:
01 May 1980 in Muyange, Gihanga, Bubanza (Burundi)
Basile
Samoya
professed priest, Bene Paulo Brothers
born:
09 May 1945 in Mayuyu, Bujumbura Rural (Burundi)
Hérmenegilde MANIRAKIZA
professed religious, Bene Paulo Brothers
born:
18 September 1965 in Manyika, Rutana (Burundi)
died:
21 October 1993 in Munanira, Rutegama,
Muramvya (Burundi)
André-Avellin
NTAKIBIRYA
professed priest, Bene Paulo Brothers
born:
1946 in Kibumbu, Muramvya (Burundi)
died:
21 October 1993 in Giheta, Gitega (Burundi)
Athanase
GAHUNGU
professed religious, Bene Paulo Brothers
born:
1952 in Vyiniro, Karuzi (Burundi)
died:
23 October 1993 in Giheta, Gitega (Burundi)
FRANÇOIS
NTUKAMAZINA
priest of the archdiocese of Gitega
born:
28 March 1953 in Gitongo, Mutaho, Gitega (Burundi)
died:
24 October 1993
in Giheta, Gitega (Burundi)
Libératrice Ntirandekura
professed religious, Bene Tereziya Sisters
born:
1943 in Gisuru, Gitega (Burundi)
Odile Gatoto
professed religious, Bene Tereziya Sisters
born:
1957 in Bukeye, Muramvya (Burundi)
Godeberthe Cishahayo
novice, Bene Tereziya Sisters
born:
1968 in Ntita, Gitega (Burundi)
Albert Rukarambuzi
young layperson of the diocese of Bubanza;
seminarian
born:
08 November 1965 in Muyaga, Ruyigi (Burundi)
died:
24 October 1993 in
Ruyigi (Burundi)
Firmin
Nyedetse
priest of the diocese of Ruyigi
born:
in (Burundi)
died:
26 October 1993
in Rusengo, Ruyigi (Burundi)
Cyrille
Ndayemeye
priest of the diocese of Ruyigi
born:
in (Burundi)
died:
26 October 1993
in Rusengo, Ruyigi (Burundi)
Jean-Marie
NZEYIMANA
professed religious, Bene Yozefu Brothers
born:
1956 in Mubuga, Gitega (Burundi)
died:
27 October 1993 in Gitega (Burundi)
DIEUDONNÉ
NIYOYANDEMYE
priest of the diocese of Bubanza
born:
in (Burundi)
died:
26 November 1993
in Gihanda, Bubanza (Burundi)
Zacharie
Nduwimana
priest of the diocese of Muyinga
born:
in Busiga, Ngozi (Burundi)
died:
27 April 1995
in Muyinga (Burundi)
AndrÉ
HAVYARIMANA
priest of the diocese of Ngozi
born:
in Camugani, Ngozi (Burundi)
died:
04 July 1995 in Rwisabi,
Ngozi (Burundi)
Anastase
Bivugire
priest of the diocese of Bubanza
born:
in (Burundi)
died:
05 July 1995 in Mpanda,
Bubanza (Burundi)
Jacques Ntamitalizo
professed priest, Salesians of Don Bosco
born:
14 September 1942 in Rungu, Haut-Uele (Rwanda)
died:
10 July 1995 in Bujumbura (Burundi)
Guido
RURANGIRWA
priest of the diocese of Bururi
born:
15 June 1949 in (Rwanda)
died:
10 September 1995 in Muswahili,
Bujumbura (Burundi)
Maximilien
BITARIHO
priest of the archdiocese of Bujumbura
born:
24 December 1936 in Karuzi (Burundi)
died:
15 September 1995 in Masango, Bubanza (Burundi)
ALdo Marchiol
professed priest, Xaverian Missionaries
born:
19 March 1930 in Udine (Italy)
Ottorino Maule
professed priest, Xaverian Missionaries
born:
07 April 1942 in Gambellara, Vicenza (Italy)
Catina Gubert
layperson of the archdiocese of Trent;
member, Lay Volunteer International Association
born:
08 December 1921 in Fiera di Primiero, Trent (Italy)
died:
30 September 1995 in Buyengero, Bururi (Burundi)
Michel
Sinankwa
priest of the archdiocese of Bujumbura
born:
30 August 1937 in (Burundi)
died:
21 October 1995 in Ngagara, Bujumbura Mairie (Burundi)
Sylvestre
HAKIZIMANA
priest of the diocese of Ngozi
born:
in Rwisabi, Ngozi (Burundi)
died:
01 March 1996 in
Gerangabo,Mutaho,Gitega (Burundi)
Yvon
Mpengekeze
priest of the diocese of Ruyigi
born:
28 January 1953 in Kiguhu, Rutana (Burundi)
Léocadie Ndihokubwayo
professed member, Secular Institute of the Militants of the Holy
Virgin
born:
in Rumeza, Bururi (Burundi)
died:
06 June 1996 in Gisuru, Ruyigi (Burundi)
Sophiya Nsengiyumva
professed religious, Bene Bernadeta Sisters
born:
02 February 1959 in Kivoya, Bujumbura (Burundi)
died:
16 June 1996 in Gitega (Burundi)
Nestor
Bandyayera
professed religious, Bene Yozefu Brothers
born:
1962 in Nyarusange, Gishubi, Gitega (Burundi)
died:
01 August 1996 in Gitega (Burundi)
Joachim Ruhuna
archbishop of Gitega
born:
27 October 1933 in Gatonde, Karuzi (Burundi)
Irénée Gakobwa
professed religious, Bene Tereziya Sisters
born:
16 June 1942 in Gitongo, Gitega (Burundi)
Concessa Ndacikiriwe
layperson of the archdiocese of Gitega;
member, Foyers de Charité
born:
1943 in Gitongo, Gitega (Burundi)
died:
09 September 1996 in Murongwe, Gitega (Burundi)
Claudine Buchwalder
professed member, Secular Institute of the Schönstatt Sisters of
Mary
born: 09 May 1939 in
Basel (Switzerland)
died:
01 May 1997 on the road to Karinzi, Kayanza (Burundi)
Générose Toyi
professed religious, Bene Tereziya Sisters
born:
1972 in Mugera, Gitega (Burundi)
died:
30 June 1999 in
Mubimbi, Bujumbura Rural (Burundi)
Berthilde Ndayishimiye
professed religious, Bene Tereziya Sisters
born:
1939 in Bukeye, Muramvya (Burundi)
died:
08 November 1999 in
Musenyi, Gitega (Burundi)
Antonio Bargiggia
professed religious, Brothers of the Poor
born:
31 March 1945 in Milan (Italy)
died:
03 October 2000 in Buterere, Bujumbura (Burundi)
Gina Simionato
professed religious, Sisters Teachers of Saint Dorothy (Passi)
born:
31 March 1945 in Santa Cristina di Quinto, Treviso (Italy)
died:
15 October 2000 in
Gihiza, Gitega (Burundi)
Michael Courtney
titular archbishop of Eanach Dúin;
apostolic nuncio to Burundi
born:
05 February 1945 in Summerhill, Nenagh, Tipperary (Ireland)
died:
29 December 2003 in
Bujumbura (Burundi)
ELIE
KOMA
professed priest, Jesuits
born: 03 October
1946 in Kigarama (Burundi)
died:
04 February 2006 in Kanyosha, Bujumbura (Burundi)
Lucia
Pulici
professed religious, Xaverian Missionary Sisters, Society of Mary
born:
08 September 1939 in Desio, Milan (Italy)
Olga Raschietti
professed religious, Xaverian Missionary Sisters, Society of Mary
born:
22 August 1931 in Montecchio Maggiore, Vicenza (Italy)
Bernardetta Boggian
professed
religious, Xaverian Missionary Sisters, Society of Mary
born:
17 March 1935 in Ospedaletto Euganeo, Padua (Italy)
died:
07 September 2014
in Kamenge, Bujumbura (Burundi)
