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Vincent Nsengiyumva (February 10, 1936 – June 7, 1994) was a Rwandan prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Kigali from 1976 until his death. Born in Rwaza, he was ordained to the priesthood on June 18, 1966. On December 17, 1973, Nsengiyumva was appointed Bishop of Nyundo by Pope Paul VI, replacing Aloys Bigirumwami, who had resigned. He received his episcopal consecration on June 2, 1974 from Cardinal Laurean Rugambwa, with Bishop Aloys Bigirumwami and Archbishop André Perraudin, MAfr, serving as co-consecrators. He was later named the first Archbishop of Kigali on April 10, 1976. Within the Rwandan government, Nsengiyumva served as chairman of the ruling party's central committee for fourteen years until the Vatican intervened in 1990.〔The Age. (Rwanda 10 Years On: Not Forgiven, Not Forgotten ) April 3, 2004〕 He was also a friend of Juvenal Habyarimana, whose portrait pin he wore while saying Mass,〔Human Rights Watch. (The Army, the Church and the Akazu )〕 and the personal confessor of his wife, Agathe. Himself a Hutu, the Archbishop blamed Tutsi rebels for provoking the Rwandan Genocide, which he once attempted to justify as a means of ensuring democratic majority rule.〔Genocide in Rwanda. (The Ungodly Missionary Legacy )〕 He also provided the names of Tutsi clergy to the Interahamwe.〔Alexandre Kimenyi. (Journey to the Genocide Country )〕 At age 58, he was murdered near the Kabgayi church center with two bishops and thirteen priests by Tutsi rebels who were said to have believed the prelates were involved with the killing of their families.〔New York Times. (June 5-10: New Atrocities in Africa; Three Bishops and 10 Priests Are Slaughtered in Rwanda As Tribal Killings Go On, June 12, 1994 )〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Vincent Nsengiyumva」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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