Bishop Philippe Rukamba

Bishop Emeritus of Butare, Rwanda

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
26 May 1948		Born
25 Jul 1974	26.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Kibungo, Rwanda
2 Jan 1997	48.6	Appointed	Bishop of Butare, Rwanda
12 Apr 1997	48.8	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Butare, Rwanda
28 May 2012	64.0	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Gikongoro, Rwanda
26 Nov 2014	66.5	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Gikongoro, Rwanda
12 Aug 2024	76.2	Retired	Bishop of Butare, Rwanda

MicroData Summary
Philippe Rukamba
Bishop Philippe Rukamba
(born 26 May 1948)
Bishop Emeritus of Butare

Ad Limina - May 2005: Bishop
Ad Limina - April 2014: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Kabarondo, Vicariate Apostolic of Ruanda
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Butare, Diocese of Butare

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Butare.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Joseph Sibomana †
Bishop Emeritus of Kibungo
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Jean-Baptiste Gahamanyi †
Bishop Emeritus of Butare
Bishop Frédéric Rubwejanga, O.C.S.O.
Bishop of Kibungo

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Joseph Sibomana † (1961)
Bishop Emeritus of Kibungo
Archbishop Gastone Mojaisky-Perrelli † (1959)
Titular Archbishop of Amida
Domenico Cardinal Tardini † (1958)
Cardinal-Deacon of Sant’Apollinare alle Terme Neroniane-Alessandrine
Pope John XXIII (1925)
(St. Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli †)
Giovanni Cardinal Tacci (Porcelli) † (1895)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Amilcare Cardinal Malagola † (1876)
Archbishop of Fermo
Filippo Cardinal de Angelis † (1826)
Archbishop of Fermo
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Edouard Sinayobye (2021)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Smaragde Mbonyintege (2006)
Antoine Cardinal Kambanda (2013)
Bishop Célestin Hakizimana (2015)
Bishop Anaclet Mwumvaneza (2016)
Bishop Papias Musengamana (2022)
Bishop Jean Bosco Ntagungira (2024)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q2087727

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 148, Number 12,947
ab: Bollettino, 28 May 2012
opd: CB, 26 Jul 2024
r: Bollettino, 12 Aug 2024

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