Kagera Region. His death left just two cardinals created by John XXIII, Raul Silva Henriquez and Franz König. Trivia In 1961, the Cardinal received an honorary doctorate in laws from the University of Notre Dame. Before returning to Tanzania after the August 1978 conclave, he visited the United States, where he then received word of Pope John Paul I's death. See also Novatus Rugambwa - archbishop and apostolic nuncio, also from Tanzania References External links His Eminence Laurean Cardinal Rugambwa Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church 1912 births 1997 deaths Participants in the Second Vatican Council Tanzanian cardinals Converts to Roman Catholicism from pagan religions University of Notre Dame people 20th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Africa Cardinals created by Pope John XXIII Tanzanian expatriates in Uganda People from Bukoba People from Kagera Region Roman Catholic archbishops of Dar-es-Salaam Roman Catholic bishops of Bukoba