Léon-Paul Classe, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Catholic bishop
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Place of Birth: Metz, Grand Est, France
About Léon-Paul Classe
- Léon-Paul Classe (28 June 1874 – 31 January 1945) was a Catholic priest who was Vicar Apostolic of the Apostolic Vicariate of Ruanda, in what is now Rwanda, from 1922 until his death in 1945.
- During his time as a missionary priest and then bishop a great many Rwandans were converted to Christianity.
- Classe was influential in persuading the Belgian colonial administration to favor the Tutsis as a ruling caste in the country over the Hutu majority.
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