Name: Rev. Fr. Ezekiel Buthoke Bwena

Diocese: Kigoma

Born: May 1942

Place of birth: Kanzogoro – Kasumo

Parents: Bwena Ruzayanganya & Flora Churinyama

Education: 1953 – 1960 Kasumo, Kabanga, Karema and Kaengesa

1961 – 1964 Junior Seminary Kaengesa

1965 – 1971 Kipalapala Senior Seminary Tabora

Ordination: 27.06.1971 Kasumo Parish Appointments:

1971 – 1972 Curate – Kigonza Parish

1972 – 1974 Ntungamo Major Seminary (Bursar)

1975 Studies - accounting at Nyegezi Institute Mwanza

1977 – 1980 Kipalapala Major Seminary (Bursar)

Further Studies: 1980 – 1982 Alphonsiana – Rome (Moral Theology)

1982 – 1985 Angelicum – Rome (Social Science)

Further Appointments:

1986 – March 1992: Parish Priest and Vicar General – Kigoma

1992 – April: Appointed Rector of St. Charles Lwanga Senior Seminary (Arrived 03.04.1992 – September 1999)