Antoine Kambanda was born on 10 November 1958 in Rwanda . Because of inter-ethnic violence , his family moved briefly to Burundi and then to Uganda , where he attended elementary , and then to Kenya , where he attended high school . Later he returned to his homeland , where he attended the junior Seminary in Rutongo , Kigali , ( 1983 – 1984 ) and the Saint Charles Borromeo Major Seminary of Nyakibanda in Butare ( 1984 – 1990 ) . On 8 September 1990 , he was ordained a priest in Kabgayi by Pope John Paul II . After that he was Prefect of Studies from 1990 to 1993 in the minor seminary of St. Vincent in Ndera , Kigali . He then attended the Alphonsian Academy in Rome from 1993 to 1999 , where he obtained a doctorate in moral theology . His parents and five of his six siblings , along with many other relatives and friends , were killed in 1994 during the genocide against the Tutsi
genocide against the Tutsi
Rwandan genocide
Antoine Kambanda