Samuel Ndayisenga (Mugende, 1935 – April 26, 2008) was the Primate of the
Episcopal Church of Burundi. He was married to Joy Ndayisenga and they had six children, of which two didn't outlive his parents.
He was baptized in his childhood, before entering primary school, which he attended from 1943 to 1949, in Buhiga, and in the final school year, in Matana. He studied at Kibimba Teacher Training School, from 1949 to 1954, becoming a primary school teacher afterwards, until 1963.
Archbishop Samuel Ndayisenga Biography at the Anglican Communion Official Website
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Ndayisenga decided to become a priest in 1963, studying Theology at the Theological Seminary in Buye, Burundi
Burundi (, ), officially the Republic of Burundi ( rn, Repuburika y’Uburundi ; Swahili language, Swahili: ''Jamuhuri ya Burundi''; French language, French: ''République du Burundi'' ), is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley at the ...
, from 1963 to 1965, and then at Bishop Tucker Theological College, in Mukono
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Location
Mukono Municipality is 21 km east of ...
, Uganda
}), is a landlocked country in East Africa
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, from 1965 to 1966. He moved to England
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, where he studied at the Trinity College, in Bristol
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, until 1968. He was finally ordained a Deacon at June 26, 1968, in Buye. Rev. Ndayisenga was a teacher at the Theological College in Buye for the following years.
He was Bishop of the Diocese of Buye since 1979. He was consecrated the second Primate of the Episcopal Church of Burundi in 1998, holding office until his retirement on July 17, 2005. He was succeeded by the Most Rev. Bernard Ntahoturi
Bernard Ntahoturi (born 1948 in Matana) is a Burundian Anglican bishop. He was the Primate of the Anglican Church of Burundi from 2005 to 2016, and is the Bishop of Matana.
Education
Ntahoturi studied at Mukono Theological College, in Uganda, fr ...
.
References
External links
Archbishop Samuel Ndayisenga Biography
1935 births
2008 deaths
Burundian Anglicans
20th-century Anglican bishops in Africa
20th-century Anglican archbishops
21st-century Anglican archbishops
Anglican bishops of Buye
Anglican archbishops of Burundi
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