1. John Kabango Rucyahana was born on 14 November 1945 and is a former Rwandan Anglican bishop, having been Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Shyira.
16 Facts About John Rucyahana
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John Rucyahana became a lay evangelist at the age of 21.
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John Rucyahana did his Primary Studies in three schools: Butete, Kinoni and Gitare in Bukamba District.
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John Rucyahana completed his secondary studies at Inyemeramihigo College at Gisenyi and in Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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John Rucyahana started an orphanage in Uganda known as Mustard Seed Babies Home in Bunyoro.
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John Rucyahana was on the national board of planning and development for the Church of Uganda for 9 years and was the chairman of the project committee.
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John Rucyahana started a heifer project in Bunyoro which provided not only milk but financial support to poor families.
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John Rucyahana serves as the president of Rwanda's National Unity and Reconciliation Commission.
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John Rucyahana has taken a stand against the position on homosexuality of the Episcopal Church of America, who welcomed the ordination of openly non-celibate homosexual priests, as un-Biblical.
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John Rucyahana was a leader in the Anglican Mission in the Americas, which was supported by both the Episcopal Church of Rwanda and the Episcopal Church of South East Asia.
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John Rucyahana has improved the infrastructure by building new schools and renovating old ones.
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In 2013, a United Nations report said that John Rucyahana was forced to stop fundraising for M23 because he was part of the support network of Bosco Ntaganda inside Rwanda, which was dismantled.
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On 8 July 2015, John Rucyahana commented on the arrest of Emmanuel Karenzi Karake:.
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John Rucyahana said the recent arrest in the United Kingdom, of Lt Gen Emmanuel Karenzi Karake, the country's head of National Intelligence and Security Services, was a result of the contempt in which Westerners hold Rwanda.
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On 1 January 2016, John Rucyahana spoke about Paul Kagame's decision to stand for re-election as President of Rwanda:.
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Bishop John Rucyahana added President Paul Kagame's acceptance to stand again for presidency after his second term ends in 2017 was yet another source of joy as people celebrate the New Year.