death_date consecration birth_place title article_title type see term birth_date ordination name church
2008 1979 mugende , burundi primate of burundi , bishop of buye samuel ndayisenga
 bishop bujumbura 1998 -- july 2005 1935 1968 samuel ndayisenga anglican church of burundi
samuel ndayisenga

samuel ndayisenga -lrb- mugende , 1935 -- april 26 , 2008 -rrb- was the primate of the episcopal church of burundi .
he was married to joy ndayisenga and they had six children , of which two did n't outlive his parents .
he was baptized in his childhood , before entering primary school , which he attended from 1943 to 1949 , in buhiga , and in the final school year , in matana .
he studied at kibimba teacher training school , from 1949 to 1954 , becoming a primary school teacher afterwards , until 1963 .
ndayisenga decided to become a priest in 1963 , studying theology at the theological seminary in buye , burundi , from 1963 to 1965 , and then at bishop tucker theological college , in mukono , uganda , from 1965 to 1966 .
he moved to england , where he studied at the trinity college , in bristol , until 1968 .
he was finally ordained a deacon at june 26 , 1968 , in buye .
rev. ndayisenga was a teacher at the theological college in buye for the following years .
he was bishop of the diocese of buye since 1979 .
he was consecrated the second primate of the episcopal church of burundi in 1998 , holding office until his retirement on july 17 , 2005 .
he was succeeded by the most rev. bernard ntahoturi .
