CathNews Asia
February 1, 2010
http://www.cathnewsasia.com/2010/02/01/rwanda-bishop-resigns-over-financial-problems/
VATICAN CITY -- Rwandan Bishop Kizito Bahujimihigo has resigned because of "serious financial problems" in his diocese, a Vatican official has said.
The Vatican official said the financial problems had prompted tensions within the diocese and health problems for Bishop Bahujimihigo of Kibungo, OK News reports.
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The Vatican official declined to give details about the extent of the crisis or whether Bahujimihigo himself was personally implicated or whether any legal action was under way.
Bahujimihigo is only 55 - 20 years younger than the normal retirement age for bishops - yet is now considered a retired bishop, entitled to a pension, the official said.
The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the official was not authorized to give the reason behind the resignation.
Bahujimihigo had been named to the Kibungo post in 2007 and has been a bishop since 1998.
He resigned in accordance with canon 401 para. 2 of the Code of Canon Law, VIS says.
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