Vincent Harolimana was yesterday installed as new Bishop of Ruhengeri diocese in Rwanda, IGIHE reports.
Pope Benedict XVI nominated Fr. Vincent Harolimana in January 31st 2012 to be the bishop of Ruhengeri diocese in Rwanda.
Harolimana previously served as a priest of Nyundo diocese and before this appointment he was serving as Rector of the diocesan minor seminary known as St Pius the 10th Seminary Nyundo.
He was ordained a priest by Blessed Pope John Paul the second when he visited the Rwanda in 1990.
He followed higher studies at the Pontifical Gregorian University where he graduated with a PhD degree in Dogmatic Theology in 1999.
Harolimana also has served as a parish curate, professor of theology at the Major Seminary of St. Charles in Rwanda and as a member of the college of consultors of the diocese of Nyundo.
The diocese of Ruhengeri has been vacant since August 2007 when its bishop, Kizito Bahujimihigo, was transferred to the diocese of Kibungo.
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