Recent Events

Fr. Obed Muriungi Karobia, O.F.M. Conv., was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Thimida and Auxiliary Bishop of Nairobi (Kenya)

Archbishop Hubertus Matheus Maria van Megen, Apostolic Nuncio to Kenya and Permanent Observer to United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Germany

Fr. Obed Muriungi Karobia, O.F.M. Conv., was elected Titular Bishop of Thimida and Auxiliary Bishop of Nairobi (Kenya)

Bishop Simon Peter Kamomoe, Auxiliary Bishop of Wote (Kenya) and Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Wote (Kenya), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Wote (Kenya)

Bishop Paul Kariuki Njiru resigned as Bishop of Wote (Kenya)

Bishop Joseph Maluki Mwongela, Coadjutor Bishop of Machakos (Kenya), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Kitui (Kenya)

Fr. Vincent Ouma Odundo was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Giru Marcelli and Auxiliary Bishop of Kisumu (Kenya)

Bishop Dominic Kimengich, Bishop of Eldoret (Kenya), was promoted as Coadjutor Archbishop of Mombasa (Kenya)

Bishop Joseph Maluki Mwongela, Bishop of Kitui (Kenya), was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of Machakos (Kenya)

Cardinal John Njue, Cardinal-Priest of Preziosissimo Sangue di Nostro Signore Gesù Cristo and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Nairobi (Kenya), reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Kenya)

Bishop Salesius Mugambi resigned as Bishop of Meru (Kenya)

Bishop Jackson Murugara, I.M.C., succeeded as Bishop of Meru (Kenya)

Fr. Vincent Ouma Odundo, Priest of Kisumu (Kenya), was elected Titular Bishop of Giru Marcelli and Auxiliary Bishop of Kisumu (Kenya)

Bishop Philip Sulumeti, Bishop emeritus of Kakamega (Kenya), passed away at 88

Bishop Simon Peter Kamomoe, Auxiliary Bishop of Wote (Kenya), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Wote (Kenya)

Bishop Norman King’oo Wambua resigned as Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Wote (Kenya)

Diocese of Kapsabet was established (from Diocese of Eldoret and became suffragan of Kisumu) (Kenya)

Bishop John Kiplimo Lelei, Titular Bishop of Mons in Numidia and Auxiliary Bishop of Eldoret (Kenya), was appointed as Bishop of Kapsabet (Kenya)

Bishop Simon Peter Kamomoe, Auxiliary Bishop of Nairobi (Kenya), was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Wote (Kenya)

Fr. Jackson Murugara, I.M.C., was consecrated as Coadjutor Bishop of Meru (Kenya)

Fr. Jackson Murugara, I.M.C., was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Meru (Kenya)

Fr. Peter Kimani Ndung’u was consecrated as Bishop of Embu (Kenya)

Bishop Anthony Ireri Mukobo, I.M.C., resigned as Bishop of Isiolo (Kenya)

Bishop Peter Munguti Makau, I.M.C., succeeded as Bishop of Isiolo (Kenya)

Bishop Norman King’oo Wambua, Bishop of Machakos (Kenya), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Wote (Kenya)

Archbishop Anthony Muheria, Opus Dei, resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Embu (Kenya)

Bishop Wallace Ng’ang’a Gachihi, Titular Bishop of Thucca in Mauretania and Auxiliary Bishop of Nairobi (Kenya), was appointed as Military Ordinary of Kenya (Kenya)

Fr. Peter Kimani Ndung’u, Priest of Nairobi (Kenya), was elected Bishop of Embu (Kenya)

Msgr. John Njue Njeru resigned as Apostolic Administrator of the Military Ordinariate of Kenya (Kenya)

Fr. Peter Munguti Makau, I.M.C., was consecrated as Coadjutor Bishop of Isiolo (Kenya)

Fr. John Kiplimo Lelei was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Mons in Numidia and Auxiliary Bishop of Eldoret (Kenya)

Archbishop Hubertus Matheus Maria van Megen resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to South Sudan

Bishop Anthony Pascal Rebello, S.V.D., Bishop of Francistown (Botswana), passed away at 74

Fr. Peter Munguti Makau, I.M.C., was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Isiolo (Kenya)

Archbishop Martin Kivuva Musonde resigned as President of Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops

Archbishop Maurice Muhatia Makumba, Vice-President of Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops and Metropolitan Archbishop of Kisumu (Kenya), was appointed as President of Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops

Archbishop Anthony Muheria, Opus Dei, Metropolitan Archbishop of Nyeri (Kenya) and Apostolic Administrator of Embu (Kenya), was appointed as Vice-President of Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops

Fr. Wallace Ng’ang’a Gachihi was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Thucca in Mauretania and Auxiliary Bishop of Nairobi (Kenya)

Fr. Simon Peter Kamomoe was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Thubunæ in Numidia and Auxiliary Bishop of Nairobi (Kenya)

Fr. John Kiplimo Lelei, Priest of Eldoret (Kenya), was elected Titular Bishop of Mons in Numidia and Auxiliary Bishop of Eldoret (Kenya)

Fr. Wallace Ng’ang’a Gachihi, Priest of Nairobi (Kenya), was elected Titular Bishop of Thucca in Mauretania and Auxiliary Bishop of Nairobi (Kenya)

Fr. Simon Peter Kamomoe, Priest of Nairobi (Kenya), was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Nairobi (Kenya) and Titular Bishop of Thubunæ in Numidia

Msgr. Benjamin Kituto Maswili, A.J., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of the Military Ordinariate of Kenya (Kenya)

Msgr. John Njue Njeru was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of the Military Ordinariate of Kenya (Kenya)

Bishop Paride Taban, Bishop emeritus of Torit (South Sudan), passed away at 86

Archbishop Anthony Muheria, Opus Dei, Metropolitan Archbishop of Nyeri (Kenya), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Embu (Kenya)

Bishop Paul Darmanin, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop emeritus of Garissa (Kenya), passed away at 82

Diocese of Wote was established (from Diocese of Machakos and became suffragan of Nairobi) (Kenya)

Bishop Paul Kariuki Njiru, Bishop of Embu (Kenya), was appointed as Bishop of Wote (Kenya)

Fr. James Bhola Lengarin, I.M.C., was appointed as Superior General of Consolata Missionaries

Fr. Cleophas Oseso Tuka was consecrated as Bishop of Nakuru (Kenya)

Apostolic Vicariate of Isiolo was promoted as Diocese of Isiolo (became suffragan of Nyeri) (Kenya)

Bishop Anthony Ireri Mukobo, I.M.C., Titular Bishop of Rusguniæ and Vicar Apostolic of Isiolo (Kenya), was appointed as Bishop of Isiolo (Kenya)

Bishop David Kamau Ng’ang’a resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Nakuru (Kenya)

Fr. Cleophas Oseso Tuka, Priest of Nakuru (Kenya), was elected Bishop of Nakuru (Kenya)

Fr. Henry Juma Odonya was consecrated as Bishop of Kitale (Kenya)

Sr. Maria Carola Cecchin (Fiorina), S.S.G.C., was beatified

Bishop Maurice Anthony Crowley, S.P.S., resigned as Bishop of Kitale (Kenya)

Fr. Henry Juma Odonya, Priest of Eldoret (Kenya), was elected Bishop of Kitale (Kenya)

Fr. Hieronymus Emusugut Joya, I.M.C., was consecrated as Bishop of Maralal (Kenya)