The Most Famous
RELIGIOUS FIGURES from Rwanda
This page contains a list of the greatest Rwandan Religious Figures. The pantheon dataset contains 2,238 Religious Figures, 1 of which were born in Rwanda. This makes Rwanda the birth place of the 135th most number of Religious Figures behind Central African Republic and Tuvalu.
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The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Rwandan Religious Figures of all time. This list of famous Rwandan Religious Figures is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Antoine Kambanda (1958 - )
With an HPI of 42.87, Antoine Kambanda is the most famous Rwandan Religious Figure. His biography has been translated into 16 different languages on wikipedia.
Antoine Kambanda (born 10 November 1958) is a Rwandan prelate of the Catholic Church who has been Archbishop of Kigali since 2019. He was Bishop of Kibungo from 2013 to 2018. Pope Francis raised him to the rank of cardinal on 28 November 2020, making him the first cardinal from Rwanda. He is current Spiritual Protector and Chaplain General of the Orléans obedience of the Military and Hospitaller Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem.
Pantheon has 1 people classified as religious figures born between 1958 and 1958. Of these 1, 1 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living religious figures include Antoine Kambanda. As of April 2022, 1 new religious figures have been added to Pantheon including Antoine Kambanda.
