Innocent Himbaza (born 11 July, 1965[1][2]) is a Rwandan born Lutheran pastor, hebraist, private lecturer at the University of Fribourg (Switzerland) for the exegesis of Biblical theology of the Old Testament.
[3] He was born in a small rwandan village Gahini[2] in Hutu family, to Isaïe Mbonigaba and Jeanne (née Mukagahigi).
In 1988 he graduated as a theologian in Rwanda and served two years like chaplain in Gikongoro.
From 1997 to 2004 he was a member of the board in the Swiss Groupes Bibliques des Ecoles et Universités.
He is one of the editors of the German Bible Society and participant in their Biblia Hebraica Quinta program.