Vice Rector Academic

  • Br. Dr. ALBERT NZABONALIBA (fms)

  • nzabonaliba@gmail.com

  • (250) 791-0500

  • Studies undertaken 


    He currently holds a PhD in Educational Psychology from the Università Pontificia Salesiana - UPS, Roma - ITALY: 2010). After completing Primary and Secondary education, he graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Educational Psychology (NUR, RWANDA: 1993) and a Licenciate degree in Educational Psychology (UPS, Roma - Italy: 1999). He holds diplomas: Diploma in Pastoral Theology and Catechetics (Lumen Vitae, ICA: 1987) and Advanced Diploma in Pastoral Theology and Catechetics (Lumen Vitae, ICA: 1988) and, among the various certificates he has gotten, he did “Ignatian Retreat Giving and Spiritual Direction in a Community and Institutional Context” at the “Ateneo di MANILA University / Centre for Ignatian Spirituality – PHILIPPINES: 2011.”

    Career paths:

    From 1982 – 2001, Br. Dr. Albert Nzabonaliba (fms) taught in Schools in Rwanda (ENP / TTC Mururu, ENP / TTC Save) and served these institutions in different capacities as Teacher, School Bursar, Dean of Discipline, & Dean of Studies. From 2001 – to date, he is lecturing at the Higher Education Institutions in Kenya and in Rwanda (Marist International University College - Kenya, Psycho Spiritual Institute - Kenya, HEKIMA College – Kenya, UTUME College - Kenya as a Lecturer & Principal and recently from 2022 / 2023 to date as Lecturer and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academics) at Catholic University of Rwanda (CUR).
    Leadership experiences

    Apart from congregational leadership roles he has exercised in the Province of Africa Centre – East (PACE) since 1990, Br. Dr. Albert Nzabonaliba has played significant roles and responsibilities in Leadership as Project Director (1994 – 1995), Administrator of Groupe Scolaire de Save (1993 – 1994), Dean of Studies at ENP / TTC SAVE (1999 – 2001), Lecturer at MIUC (2001 – 2021), Principal of Marist International University College (MIUC from 2019 - 2021), Chairman of Board of Governors at Marist International University College (2012 – 2019) and, currently, he is the Director of the Marist Spiritual Centre in Rwanda (2021 to date), Member of a Commission of the Conference of Catholic Bishops in Rwanda (CEPR) and of the Conference of Major Superiors in Rwanda (COSUMAR - 2023 to date), Member of the Leadership Committee of the Conference of Major Superiors of Africa Continent (CSAC - January 2023 to date), Provincial Councilor in Charge of Rwanda, FMS Legal Representative in Rwanda and Coordinator of the “Child Safeguarding and Protection Policy” for PACE.

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