Eulade Rudahunga
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Eulade Rudahunga | |
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Padre, Monsignor | |
Born | 1921-22 Ngoma, Gitarama, Rwanda |
Died | February 11, 2019 Butare |
Burial | Butare |
Father | Tutuba Wa Kananga |
Mother | Nyirubuyanja |
Eulade Rudahunga was a Rwandan priest for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Butare in the Republic of Rwanda from August 2, 1953, to 2019. He served as a chaplain for different parishes until he received the title of Monsignor by Pope John Paul II.[1]
Rudahunga attended Kabgayi and Nyakibanda seminaries before receiving the ecclesiastical title of Padre.[2]
He worked as a teacher and taught well-known Rwandan figures such as the late
president of Rwanda
.
Rudahunga was a survivor of the 1994
genocide against the Tutsi
. He survived by pleading with the killers and giving them some of the church savings to free himself and other refugees they hid within the church.
References
- AllAfrica.com.
- ^ Girinema, Philbert. "Eulade Rudahunga wari Umupadiri ukuze kurusha abandi mu Rwanda yitabye Imana". amakuru.