Archbishop Joachim Ruhuna †

Deceased

Archbishop of Gitega

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
27 Oct 1933		Born	Nyabikere
18 Sep 1962	28.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Gitega, Burundi
13 Apr 1973	39.5	Appointed	Bishop of Ruyigi, Burundi
25 Jul 1973	39.7	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Ruyigi, Burundi
28 Mar 1980	46.4	Appointed	Coadjutor Archbishop of Gitega, Burundi
6 Nov 1982	49.0	Succeeded	Archbishop of Gitega, Burundi
9 Sep 1996	62.9	Died	Archbishop of Gitega, Burundi

a priest for 34.0 years
a bishop for 23.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop André Makarakiza, M. Afr. †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Michel Ntuyahaga †
Bishop Stanislas Kaburungu

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Joachim Ruhuna † (1973)
Archbishop André Makarakiza, M. Afr. † (1961)
Bishop Joseph Martin, M. Afr. † (1949)
Bishop André Marie Charue † (1942)
Jozef-Ernest Cardinal van Roey † (1926)
Clemente Cardinal Micara † (1920)
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898)
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Joseph Hippolyte Cardinal Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna † (1762)
Pope Carlo della Torre Rezzonico † (1743)
Pope Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini † (1724)
Pope Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. † (1675)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Evariste Ngoyagoye

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