Between May 2012 and November 2014, he served as the Apostolic Administrator of the Catholic Diocese of Gikongoro, in Rwanda.
He was appointed bishop of Butare on 2 January 1997 by Pope John Paul II.
He was born on 26 May 1948 in Kabarondo, Kayonza District, Eastern Province in the Diocese of Kibungo, in Rwanda.
[1][2] On 2 January 1997, Pope John Paul II appointed him as Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Butare.
[1][2] He served as the president of the Rwanda Catholic Bishops' Conference starting in 2015 for more than one term.