New Archbishop for Rwanda: The Church of England Newspaper, Sept 24, 2010 p 7.

Archbishop Onesphore Rwaje of Rwanda addressing Anglican participants at the World Council of Churches General Assembly in Brazil

The Bishop of Byumba, the Rt. Rev. Onesphore Rwaje has been elected the primate of the Anglican Church of Rwanda.  On Sept 17, the Rwandan House of Bishops meeting in Kigali elected Bishop Rwaje to serve as primate of the East African province in succession to Archbishop Emmanuel Kolini.  Archbishop Rwaje will also be translated to the newly created diocese of Gasabo, after having served as Bishop of Byumba since 1991.

The new archbishop has served as President of the Protestant Council of Rwanda, Dean of the province, and as the Anglican Church of Rwanda’s delegate to the World Council of Churches and the Council of Anglican Provinces of Africa, and as an alternate member of the general committee of the All Africa Council of Churches.

The chairman of the Anglican Mission in the Americas, Rwanda’s missionary outreach in the United States and Canada, Bishop Chuck Murphy said he welcomed the election of Archbishop Rwaje.

“The presence of the Holy Spirit was clear and evident throughout the meeting, and we were blessed to have an election on the first ballot with overwhelming support for the Dean of the Province of Rwanda, Bishop Onesphore Rwaje,” he said.