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| Rt. Rev. Joseph Obanyi, Bishop of Kakamega |
The Catholic Diocese of Kakamega will on Saturday 7th March get a new Bishop after the ordination of Bishop Elect Rt. Rev. Joseph Obanyi Sagwe that will take place at Bukhungu Stadium in Kakamega County.
Bishop Obanyi will be the second Bishop of the Diocese which was erected on 27thFebruary 1978, taking over from Bishop Philip Sulumeti who retired in December 2014 in accordance with canon 401 Article 1 of the Code of Canon Law.
Some delegates from AMECEA Secretariat will join Fr. Ferdinand Lugonzo, AMECEA Secretary General who comes from the diocese to the celebration that will also be attended by some government dignitaries.
The Bishop-elect was born in 1967 at Kebiro, in the Diocese of Kisii. 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 as well as the Vicar General for the Diocese of Kisii.
By Pamela Adinda, AMECEA Online News