Papias Musengamana

Papias Musengamana (born 21 August 1967) is a Rwandan prelate of the Catholic Church who is the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Byumba. He was appointed bishop on 28 February 2022 by Pope Francis.

Early life and education He was born on 21 August 1967 in Byimana, Diocese of Kabgayi, Rwanda. He attended Mwendo Primary School from 1974 until 1982. He studied at St. Leon Minor Seminary, Kabgayi in Kabgayi from 1982 until 1988. He then attended the Preparatory Seminary at Rutongo, from 1988 until 1989. He studied Philosophy at Kabgayi Major Seminary, from 1989 until 1991. He then entered the Catholic Theological Institute of Yaoundé (French:Institut Catholique de Yaoundé) in Cameroon, graduating from there in 1996 with a Licentiate in Biblical Theology. The institute is a component of the Catholic University of Central Africa. Later, he graduated with a Doctorate in Biblical Theology from the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, in Germany, having studied there from 1999 until 2005.

Priest He was ordained priest of Kabgayi Diocese on 18 May 1997.

Bishop Papias Musengamana succeeded Bishop Emeritus Servilien Nzakamwita, the ordinary of the diocese from 1976 until 2022, whose age-related retirement request was approved by the reigning pope.