He moved to Sagegi to live with a catholic catechist before starting the Legio movement.

The former Government also detained at least three Roman Catholic catechists, apparently because they organized religious instruction during the work week.

Mutara III Rudahigwa, who was a Catholic catechist at the time.

The role of a Catholic Catechist is to catechize (teach) the Faith of the Catholic Church both by word and example.

Hundreds of Roman Catholic catechists and heads of Christian communities, most of whom were of Maya origin, were brutally murdered.

He completed teacher education at Döbra in 1951 and began training as Roman Catholic Catechist at Bunya Catholic Mission in 1959.

While at Sagegi in 1958, serving as a Catholic catechist, and living in the home of another catechist known as Petrus Pitalis Ogeka, Simeo Ondeto is said to have died for 3 days and came back to life with a mission-focused approach.