Christophe Munzihirwa Mwene Ngabo

Christophe Munzihirwa Mwene Ngabo (1926 – 29 October 1996) was a Democratic Republic of the Congo prelate who served as the Archbishop of Bukavu and was a professed member of the Jesuits.

[1] Munzihirwa served as the coadjutor and later as the Bishop of Kasongo and he was a vocal supporter of human rights in the face of the conflict that claimed his own life.

He studied social sciences and economics abroad before returning to his native land where he served as a parochial vicar and spiritual director all prior to his episcopal appointment.

Munzihirwa condemned the First Congo War and was a vocal supporter of human rights which he viewed as an inalienable trait on humankind that God granted upon man.

In the afternoon on 29 October 1996 he was shot to death after Rwandan soldiers attacked him; his corpse was left out in the open in the deserted street where he was killed and it was over 24 hours before a group of seminarians recovered his remains.

The beatification process opened under Pope Francis on 28 May 2016 after the Congregation for the Causes of Saints issued the official "nihil obstat" to the cause therefore titling him as a Servant of God.