Benjamin Paul Mwanzia Nzimbi (born 1945 in Kitui District) is a Kenyan Anglican archbishop. He was the archbishop and primate of the

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and Bishop of the Diocese of All Saints Cathedral, from 2002 to 2009. He is married to Alice Kavula and the couple has five children. He was born in a poor family of eight children and went to attend Ithookwe Primary, Mulutu Intermediary and

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. He later attended Kenyatta University, where he obtained a bachelor's degree in Education, with majors in Religion and Kishwahili. Afterward, he worked as a lecturer at Machakos Teachers Training College, where he was dean of students and head of social studies. He felt his religious call then and was trained and ordained as the college chaplain. He finally decided to leave teaching to become a full-time priest. He studied for the priesthood at the Trinity and St. Francis College, in

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in 1984. Afterwards, Nzimbi was elected as the first bishop of the new Diocese of Machakos, which he served from 1985 to 1995. In 1995 he was elected the first bishop of the newly created Diocese of Kitui. Nzimbi was elected the fourth archbishop and primate of Kenya and Bishop of the Diocese of All Saints Cathedral on 16 August 2002 and served from 2002 to 2009.A profile of Archbishop Benjamin Nzimbi of Kenya, 9 November 2008, Anglican Mainstream
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and

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branches of the

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, becoming a leading name in the

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as member of the Global South and the

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. He attended the

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meeting in

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in 2008, and supported the creation of the

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in June 2009. He was one of the Anglican Primates that attended the new church inaugural assembly in

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External links

A profile of Archbishop Benjamin Nzimbi, Anglican Mainstream, 9 November 2008
1945 births Living people Anglican archbishops of Kenya Anglican bishops of Machakos Anglican bishops of Kitui Anglican bishops of All Saints' Cathedral 20th-century Anglican bishops of the Anglican Church of Kenya 21st-century Anglican bishops of the Anglican Church of Kenya 21st-century Anglican archbishops Kamba people People from Kitui County Anglican realignment people {{anglican-bishop-stub