Phocas Nikwigize
Religious Leader
1919 – 1996
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Who was Phocas Nikwigize?
Phocas Nikwigize is a Rwandan bishop in the Roman Catholic Church.
Nikwigize born in Muhango, Rwanda, and was ordained a priest on 25 July 1948. He was appointed bishop of the Diocese of Ruhengeri and ordained bishop on 30 November 1968. Nikiwigize remained in this post until his retirement on 5 January 1996. On 27 November 1996, was traveling to reenter Rwanda with missionaries when he was seized by members of a Rwandan Patriotic Army and was believed to be killed on 30 November 1996.
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