| Honorific-Prefix: | Mgr. |
| Joseph Ruzindana | |
| Bishop of Byumba, Rwanda | |
| Appointed: | 5 November 1981 |
| Term Start: | 17 January 1982 |
| Term End: | 7 June 1994 |
| Successor: | Servilien Nzakamwita |
| Birth Date: | 3 June 1943 |
| Birth Place: | Rambura |
| Death Place: | Kabgayi |
| Nationality: | Rwandan |
| Religion: | Catholic |
Joseph Ruzindana (3 June 1943 – 5 June 1994) was a Catholic Bishop of Byumba in Rwanda.
Joseph Ruzindana was born on 3 June 1943 in Rambura.On 23 July 1972 he was ordained priest of Byumba.He was appointed Bishop of Byumba on 5 November 1981, and ordained on 17 January 1982.The bishopric of Byumba was newly formed through a division of the diocese of Ruhengeri.
During the Rwandan genocide, Ruzindana was killed on 5 June 1994 by soldiers of the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF),along with Vincent Nsengiyumva, Archbishop of Kigali, Thaddée Nsengiyumva, Bishop of Kabgayi, nine priests, a senior priest of the Josephite Brothers, and a child.The soldiers who killed them were their guards at Gakurazo, near the Kabgayi church center.
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