Recent Events

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 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, 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 Titular Bishop of Thubunæ in Numidia and Auxiliary Bishop of Nairobi (Kenya)

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)

Archbishop Anthony Muheria, 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)

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

Bishop Virgilio Pante, I.M.C., resigned as Bishop of Maralal (Kenya)

Fr. John Mbinda, C.S.Sp., was consecrated as Bishop of Lodwar (Kenya)

Fr. George Muthaka, O.F.M. Cap., was consecrated as Bishop of Garissa (Kenya)

Bishop Dominic Kimengich resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Lodwar (Kenya)

Fr. John Mbinda, C.S.Sp., was elected Bishop of Lodwar (Kenya)

Bishop David Kamau Ng’ang’a, Auxiliary Bishop of Nairobi (Kenya), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Nakuru (Kenya)

Cardinal Agostino Cacciavillan, Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Angeli Custodi a Città Giardino pro hac vice Title and President emeritus of Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See, passed away at 95

Msgr. Mark Kadima was consecrated as Bishop of Bungoma (Kenya)

Bishop Maurice Muhatia Makumba, Bishop of Nakuru (Kenya), Vice-President of Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops and Apostolic Administrator of Kisumu (Kenya), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Kisumu (Kenya)

Bishop Joseph Alessandro, O.F.M. Cap., resigned as Bishop of Garissa (Kenya)

Fr. George Muthaka, O.F.M. Cap., was elected Bishop of Garissa (Kenya)

Archbishop Charles Daniel Balvo, Apostolic Nuncio to Czech Republic, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Australia

Msgr. Mark Kadima, Priest of Kakamega (Kenya) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Bishop of Bungoma (Kenya)

Bishop Joseph Obanyi Sagwe resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Bungoma (Kenya)

Bishop Maurice Muhatia Makumba, Bishop of Nakuru (Kenya) and Vice-President of Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops, was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Kisumu (Kenya)

Archbishop Philip Arnold Subira Anyolo, Metropolitan Archbishop of Kisumu (Kenya), was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Nairobi (Kenya)

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

Fr. Anthony Pascal Rebello, S.V.D., was consecrated as Bishop of Francistown (Botswana)

Fr. Anthony Pascal Rebello, S.V.D., was elected Bishop of Francistown (Botswana)

Archbishop Philip Arnold Subira Anyolo resigned as President of Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops

Archbishop Martin Kivuva Musonde, Metropolitan Archbishop of Mombasa (Kenya), was appointed as President of Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops

Bishop Maurice Muhatia Makumba, Bishop of Nakuru (Kenya), was appointed as Vice-President of Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops

Bishop John Oballa Owaa resigned as Vice-President of Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops