Vincent Harolimana

Vincent Harolimana, (born 2 September 1962), is a Rwandan Roman Catholic prelate who serves as the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ruhengeri, Rwanda since 2012. Before that, from 8 September 1990 until 31 January 2012 he was a priest of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Nyundo, Rwanda. He was appointed Bishop on 31 January 2012 by Pope Benedict XVI.

Background and priesthood He was born on 2 September 1962 at Mpembe, Mubuga Parish, in the diocese of Nyundo, in the Western Province of Rwanda. He attended St. Pious X Minor Seminary in Nyundo for both his elementary and secondary school education. From 1983 until 1984, he studied for his preparatory year at Rutongo Preparatory Seminary.

He then studied at St. Charles Major Seminary of Nyakibanda in Butare Diocese, where he studied both philosophy and theology from 1984 until 1990. He graduated from there with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Theology. From 1993 he studied at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome Italy. He graduated in 1999 with a Doctorate in Dogmatic Theology.