Bishop Michel Ntuyahaga †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Bujumbura, Burundi

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
Dec 1912³		Born
10 Oct 1940	27.8	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Urundi, Burundi
26 Jul 1941	28.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Urundi, Burundi
11 Jun 1959	46.5	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Usumbura, Burundi
11 Jun 1959	46.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Alabanda
11 Oct 1959	46.8	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Alabanda
10 Nov 1959	46.9	Appointed	Bishop of Usumbura, Burundi
9 Oct 1964	51.8	Appointed	Bishop of Bujumbura, Burundi
14 Nov 1988	75.9	Retired	Bishop of Bujumbura, Burundi
11 Jun 2002	89.5	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Bujumbura, Burundi

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary
Michel Ntuyahaga
Bishop Michel Ntuyahaga
(born Dec 1912, died 11 Jun 2002)
Bishop Emeritus of Bujumbura

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Nyarugati, Vicariate Apostolic of Kivu
Ordained Priest Gitega, Vicariate Apostolic of Urundi
Ordained Bishop Bujumbura, Vicariate Apostolic of Usumbura

a priest for 60.8 years
a bishop for 42.6 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Antoine-Hubert Grauls, M. Afr. †
Titular Bishop of Mades
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Antoine-Hubert Grauls, M. Afr. †
Titular Bishop of Mades
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Joseph Germain Martin, M. Afr. †
Titular Bishop of Oliva
Bishop Aloys Bigirumwami †
Titular Bishop of Garriana

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Antoine-Hubert Grauls, M. Afr. † (1937)
Titular Bishop of Mades
Bishop Louis-Joseph Kerkhofs † (1925)
Bishop of Liège (Luik, Lüttich)
Bishop Martin-Hubert Rutten † (1902)
Bishop of Liège, Eupen et Malmédy
Pierre-Lambert Cardinal Goossens † (1883)
Archbishop of Mechelen
Bishop Jean Joseph Faict † (1864)
Bishop of Brugge {Bruges}
Engelbert Cardinal Sterckx † (1832)
Archbishop of Mechelen
Bishop Jean-Joseph Delplancq † (1829)
Bishop of Tournai {Doornik}
Bishop Nicolas-Alexis Ondernard † (1828)
Bishop of Namur {Namen}
Bishop Josef Ludwig Alois von Hommer † (1824)
Bishop of Trier
Bishop Kaspar Max Droste zu Vischering † (1795)
Titular Bishop of Ierichus
Archbishop Max Franz (Maximilian Franciscus) von Habsburg-Lothringen (Österreich) † (1785)
Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}
Archbishop Klemens Wenzeslaus von Sachsen † (1766)
Archbishop of Trier
Bishop Joseph Ignaz Philipp von Hessen-Darmstadt † (1741)
Bishop of Augsburg
Bishop Johann Jakob von Mayer † (1719)
Titular Bishop of Pergamum
Bishop Alexander Sigmund von Pfalz-Neuburg † (1691)
Bishop of Augsburg
Bishop Marquard Rudolf von Rodt † (1690)
Bishop of Konstanz {Constance}
Bishop Johannes Wolfgang von Bodman †
Titular Bishop of Dardanus

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop André Makarakiza, M. Afr. † (1961)
Bishop Nestor Bihonda † (1965)
Bishop Henry-Camille-Gustave-Marie L’Heureux † (1971)
Archbishop Joachim Ruhuna † (1973)
Archbishop Evariste Ngoyagoye (1980)
Archbishop Simon Ntamwana (1989)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Nyarugati, Vicariate Apostolic of Kivu
Ordained Priest	Gitega, Vicariate Apostolic of Urundi
Ordained Bishop	Bujumbura, Vicariate Apostolic of Usumbura

External Link(s):

VIAF: 2952157342840810100001
WikiData: Q11882387

Source(s):

c2+: CB
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1959, Number 85
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 169, Necrology (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 26, Number 1,472
od/c1: CB, 13 Apr 2025

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