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| Rev. Joseph Obanyi Sagwe, Bishop Elect Kakamega Diocese |
The Holy Father on the same date accepted the resignation from pastoral care of the Diocese of Kakamega (Kenya), presented by Rt. Rev. Philip Sulumeti, in accordance with canon 401 Article 1 of the Code of Canon Law.
The Bishop-elect was born in 1967 at Kebiro, in the Diocese of Kisii. After his primary and secondary education, he attended courses in philosophy at the Saint Augustine Mabanga Seminary in 1990-1991. He studied Theology at Saint Thomas Aquinas Major Seminary in Nairobi between 1992 and1995.
He was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Kisii on 25th October 1996. After his ordination, he served as Parish Vicar and diocesan Coordinator for Pastoral Care between 1996 and 1999.
Between 1999 and 2004 he was a student at the Pontifical Lateran University.
Upon his return in 2004, he became the Parish priest at Kisii Cathedral and in 2005, Vicar General of the Diocese of Kisii.
Source: VIS and Agencia Fides