The Anglican dioceses of Mombasa are the

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presence in and around

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and south-east

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; they are part of the Anglican Church of Kenya. The remaining dioceses of the Church are in the areas of Maseno, of Mount Kenya, and of Nakuru.

Diocese of Mombasa

is the oldest Kenyan diocese; it was erected from the

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(which at that point covered all

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, Kenya and

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)Anglican Church of Kenya — History
(Accessed 1 November 2017) in 1898. Following the addition of the territory around Kavirondo (approximately the territory of the 1961 Maseno diocese) in 1921 and the splitting of its area of northern Tanganyika in 1972, the Diocese of Mombasa comprised (only) all Kenya.Anglican Church of Kenya — Diocese of Mombasa
(Accessed 1 November 2017)

Bishops of Mombasa

*1899–1916: William Peel (died in office) *1918–1936: Richard Heywood (later assistant bishop of

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1937–1952) *1936–1953: Reginald Crabbe *1953–1964:

Leonard Beecher Leonard James Beecher (21 May 190616 December 1987) was an English-born Anglican archbishop. He was the first archbishop of the Province of East Africa, comprising Kenya and Tanzania, from 1960 to 1970. Education and training He was educated at ...

(previously assistant bishop 1950–1953; also Archbishop of East Africa 1960–70; later Bishop of Nairobi 1964–1970) **1955–1961:

Festo Olang' Festo Habakkuk Olang’,was born in Ebusakami Esabalu village about 1914 In 1925 he began attending Kisumu Primary School, then called Komulo School. In 1927, he sat for the Common Entrance Examination at Maseno School and was admitted in 1928. He s ...

, assistant bishop; suffragan for Western Kenya (

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) from 1957; became first Bishop of MasenoMusalia, Martha Wangari. ''Archbishop Manasses Kuria: A Biography: Strong in the Storms'
p. 51
(Accessed 2 November 2017) **1955–1961:

Obadiah Kariuki Obadiah Kariuki (1902–1978) was an Anglican bishop in Kenya during the last third of the twentieth century. enya Gazette 10 August 2007 Kariuki was born near Kabete where he attended the CMS school. He was baptized in 1922. He trained as a tea ...

, assistant bishop; suffragan for Central and Eastern Kenya ( Central Province) from 1957; became first Bishop of Fort Hall **1960–1961: Neville Langford-Smith, assistant bishop, suffragan (consecrated St Bartholomew's Day (24 August) 1960, All Saints' Cathedral, Nairobi, by Beecher); became first Bishop of Nakuru ( Rift Valley Province) *1964–1981:

Peter Mwang'ombe Peter Mwang'ombe was a Kenyan Anglican priest in the second half of the 20th century. He was educated in Limuru and ordained in 1945. He was Archdeacon of Mombasa Mombasa ( ; ) is a coastal city in southeastern Kenya along the Indian Ocean ...

(resigned) Gitari, David. ''Troubled but not Destroyed: Autobiography'
p. 59
(Accessed 2 November 2017) *1981–?:

Crispus Nzano Crispus Nzano (died 2008) was a Kenyan Anglican bishop in the second half of the twentieth century: he became Coadjutor Bishop of Mombasa in 1980; and was subsequently its Diocesan In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesia ...

, previously assistant bishop *1994–2015:

Julius Kalu Julius Robert Katoi Kalu is a Kenyan Anglican Bishop. He is the current Bishop of Mombasa, having been consecrated Consecration is the solemn dedication to a special purpose or service. The word ''consecration'' literally means "association wi ...

**?–2015:

Lawrence Dena Lawrence Dena is an Anglican bishop in Kenya; he is the current Bishop of Malindi. Dena was born in Rabai. He was educated at the Teachers College in Kericho and the Nairobi International School of Theology. He was ordained in 1994 in Mombasa, a ...

, assistant Bishop (former Provincial Secretary, 2006–2009) *2018–Present
Alphonse Baya Mwaro

Diocese of Nairobi

Founded from Mombasa diocese in 1964, the

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diocese was the See of the Archbishop of Kenya from the independence of the Kenyan church in 1970 until the independent All Saints' Cathedral diocese took that role in 2002. The Diocese has been split three times: to erect Machakos diocese in 1985, the Diocese of Kajiado in 1993 and All Saints' Cathedral diocese in 2002.Anglican Church of Kenya — Diocese of Nairobi
(Accessed 5 November 2017) Until 2002, Nairobi diocese's cathedral was

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; since that cathedral became the seat of the new All Saints' Cathedral diocese, St Stephen's Cathedral, Nairobi, has served as the new cathedral.

Bishops of Nairobi, Archbishops of Kenya

*1970–1980:

*1980–1994:

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*1997–2002:

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Bishops of Nairobi

*1964–1970:

, Archbishop of East Africa *2002–2010:

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*2010–present:

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Diocese of Machakos

The Diocese of

Machakos Machakos, also called Masaku is a town in Kenya, southeast of Nairobi. It is the capital of the Machakos County, Kenya. Its population is rapidly growing and was 150,041 as of 2009 and Machakos County had a population of 1,421,932 as of 2019 ...

was erected from Nairobi diocese in 1985 and was itself split to create Kitui diocese in 1995, Garissa in 2007 and Makueni in 2013. Since 1992, the cathedral has been

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Bishops of Machakos

*1985–1995:

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(afterwards first Bishop of Kitui, then Primate—Archbishop) *1995–2013:

Joseph Kanuku Joseph Kanuku is a retired Anglican bishop in Kenya: he was Bishop of Machakos then Makueni Makueni County (formerly Makueni District) is a county in the former Eastern Province of Kenya. Its capital and largest town is Wote. The county has a ...

*2013–present:

Joseph Mutungi Joseph Mutungi is an Anglican bishop: he has served as the Bishop of Makueni and Machakos Machakos, also called Masaku is a town in Kenya, southeast of Nairobi. It is the capital of the Machakos County, Kenya. Its population is rapidly growi ...

Diocese of Taita–Taveta

On 1 July 1993, the Diocese of Taita–Taveta — named for

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— was carved from the then very large Mombasa diocese. The diocese has not been split; it has a pro-cathedral at

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, the county's largest town (though not its capital).

Bishops of Taita–Taveta

*1993–2016: Samson Mwaluda *2016–present:

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(previously

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)

Diocese of Kajiado

Formed from Nairobi diocese in 1993, the Diocese of Kajiado now has a pro-cathedral at

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Bishops of Kajiado

*1997–2012:

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*2012–present:

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Diocese of Kitui

The Diocese of Kitui was erected from Machakos diocese on 1 April 1995 and covers the former Kitui and

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s — that is, the present

Kitui County Kitui County is a county in the former Eastern Province of Kenya. Its capital and largest town is Kitui, although Mwingi is also another major urban centre. The county has a population of 1,136,187 (2019 census). and an area of 30,430 km2. ...

Bishops of Kitui

*1995–2002:

(previously first Bishop of Machakos, afterwards Primate—Archbishop) *2002–present:

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All Saints' Cathedral Diocese

From 1964 until 2002, the Archbishop of Kenya had their See at

as ''ex officio'' Bishop of Nairobi (diocesan bishop of the above Diocese of Nairobi). From 2000, the ACK Provincial Synod and Nairobi diocese entered formal discussions to create a new arrangement for the archbishop's See; a very small new diocese was carved from Nairobi diocese, around All Saints' Cathedral itself. The remaining Nairobi diocese now elects her own bishop, who is not the archbishop; while the new See — very unusually, not named for a place or area but for its own cathedral — of All Saints' Cathedral is held ''ex officio'' by the Primate and Archbishop of All Kenya. The diocese has two archdeaconries and twelve parishes. As the archbishop's diocese, the bishops in charge of Missionary Areas (i.e. proto-dioceses) are consecrated suffragans in this diocese (regardless of the diocese which their territory belongs to) until their own diocesan See's erection.

Bishops of All Saints' Cathedral, Primates and Archbishops of All Kenya

*2002–2009:

**2008–2011: Rob Martin, suffragan for Marsabit Mission Area (became diocesan

Bishop of Marsabit The Anglican dioceses of Mount Kenya are the Anglican presence in east-central, north and north-east Kenya; they are part of the Anglican Church of Kenya. The remaining dioceses of the Church area in the areas of Mombasa, of Maseno, and of Nakur ...

) *2009–2016:

Eliud Wabukala Eliud Wamukekhe Wabukala (born in Bungoma West District, 1951) is a Kenyan Anglican Archbishop notable as a leader in the Anglican realignment. He is Bishop of the Diocese of All Saints Cathedral and the fifth Primate of the Anglican Church of K ...

*2016–present:

Ole Sapit Jackson Nasoore Ole Sapit (born 12 June 1964) is a Kenyan Anglican bishop.He was elected as the sixth archbishop and primate of the Anglican Church of Kenya on 20 May 2016 and was installed on 3 July 2016 at All Saints Cathedral in Nairobi. Earl ...

David Mutisya David Mutisya has been the Anglican missionary bishop of Garissa since 2018. Mutisya was educated at the High School in Mutito; St. Paul's University, Limuru, Limuru; Trinity College, Bristol; and Nashotah House Nashotah House is an Anglican ...

, missionary Bishop of Garissa **

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, suffragan (became diocesan bishop of the

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of the Anglican Church in North America) ** Cleti Ogeto, missionary Bishop of Lodwar

Diocese of Garissa

Garissa diocese was created from territory of Machakos diocese in 2007. Also called a missionary area, Mutisya is or was a suffragan of the archbishop, in All Saints' Cathedral diocese. The first and so far only Bishop of Garissa, since 2007, is

Military Episcopate

In November 2009, the Anglican Chaplaincy to the

Kenyan Armed Forces The Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) ( sw, Majeshi ya Ulinzi ya Kenya, stylized as "KENYA ARMED FORCES" capitalized on its coat of arms) are the armed forces of the Republic of Kenya. They are made up of the Kenya Army, Kenya Navy, and Kenya Air Fo ...

was raised into a diocese (ordinariate). It is headquartered at the Garrison Church of St Paul at

Kahawa Kahawa is a suburb settlement spanning the Kiambu County and Nairobi County borders along Thika Road. It is administratively divided into four wards across the two counties: Kahawa and Kahawa West wards in Nairobi county and Kahawa Wendani and Kah ...

Barracks outside Nairobi.Conger, George — New military diocese for Kenya
(Accessed 2 January 2018)

Bishops for the Armed Forces

From 2007, Simiyu was the first and only Bishop suffragan to the Armed Forces (presumably suffragan to the Primate possibly to the Bishop of Nairobi). *2009–present:

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Diocese of Makueni

The Diocese of Makueni was erected from Machakos diocese in 2013, and Joseph Kanuku, Bishop of Machakos, moved to the new See, becoming first Bishop of Makueni.

Bishops of Makueni

*2013–2016:

(previously Bishop of Machakos) *2016–present:

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Diocese of Malindi

Malindi diocese was erected from the Diocese of Mombasa in 2015. The first bishop, since 2015, is

, previously assistant bishop of Mombasa, and former Provincial Secretary. The diocesan pro-cathedral is

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(Accessed 6 November 2017)

References

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