The Anglican dioceses of Nakuru are the

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presence in and around

Nakuru Nakuru is a city in the Great Rift Valley, Kenya, Rift Valley region of Kenya. It is the capital of Nakuru County, and was formerly the capital of Rift Valley Province. As of 2019, Nakuru had an urban and rural population of 570,674 inhabitant ...

, west-central, north-east and south-central

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; they are part of the

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. The remaining dioceses of the Church area in the areas of Mombasa, of Maseno, and of Mount Kenya.

Diocese of Nakuru

Nakuru diocese was founded in 1960 from the Diocese of Mombasa, and has since been split twice: to create the Diocese of Eldoret in 1983 and Nyahururu in 1998. It now includes the missionary area of Baringo, which has a suffragan bishop.Anglican Church of Kenya — Diocese of Nakuru
(Accessed 4 November 2017) The Cathedral of the Good Shepherd lies in Nakuru town.

Bishops of Nakuru

*1961–1975:

Neville Langford-Smith Neville Langford-Smith (born Sydney 1910, died Castle Hill 1993) was an Anglican bishop in Kenya. Langford-Smith was educated at Trinity Grammar School and the University of Sydney. In 1932 he went as a volunteer to Central Tanganyika. In 1937 ...

(retired) *1976–1980:

Manasses Kuria Manasses Kuria (29 July 1929, in Nairobi – 19 September 2005, in Nairobi) was a Kenyan Anglican archbishop. He was the second African archbishop and bishop of Nairobi in the Anglican Church of Kenya. Early life Kuria was brought up by his par ...

(became Archbishop) *1980–?: Ladan Kamau *1990–2011: Stephen Mwangi **2004–2008:

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 ...

, Bishop of Kericho (became first bishop of that diocese) *2012–present:

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**2010–?: Peter Arok, Bishop of Twic East (separatist "missionary bishop" to South Sudan) **

Musa Kamuren Musa Kamuren is an Anglican bishop in Anglican Church of Kenya, Kenya: from 2015 he was the Roman Catholic Diocese of Nakuru, Suffragan Bishop of Nakuru; and from 2018 he was Bishop of the newly created Anglican Diocese of Baringo, Diocese of Baring ...

, Bishop of Baringo

Diocese of Eldoret

The Diocese of Eldoret was erected from Nakuru diocese in January 1983, and has since been split twice: to create Kitale in 1997 and Kapsabet in 2015.

Bishops of Eldoret

*5 June 19831990:

Alexander Muge Alexander Kipsang Muge (1948–1990) was an Anglican bishop in Kenya: he was Bishop of Eldoret from 1983 until his death in 1990. Muge was born in 1948 and educated at St. Philip's, Maseno. He was ordained deacon in 1975 and priest in 1976. He ...

*12 January 19921997: Stephen Kewasis (became first Bishop of Kitale) *1997–2010:

Thomas Kogo Thomas Kogo is an Anglican bishop in Kenya ) , national_anthem = " Ee Mungu Nguvu Yetu"() , image_map = , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Nairobi , coordinates ...

*9 January 2011present:

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Diocese of Kitale

The Diocese of Kitale was erected from Eldoret diocese on 1 July 1997. Since 2017, Lodwar missionary area, geographically within Kitale diocese, has been under the care of a missionary bishop, suffragan to the Bishop of All Saints, the Primate of All Kenya.

Bishops of Kitale

*1997–2018: Stephen Kewasis (previously Bishop of Eldoret) **2017–present:

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, assistant Bishop of Kapenguria *2018–present

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Diocese of Nyahururu

Created from Nakuru diocese on 1 January 1998, the Diocese of Nyahururu has since been split once: to create the Maralal missionary area (now diocese) in 2009.

Bishops of Nyahururu

*1998–2013:

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Jacob Lesuuda Jacob Lesuuda is a Kenyan Anglican Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition that has developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant ...

, Bishop of Maralal *2013–present:

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Diocese of Kericho

In 2008, Kericho diocese was erected from an area of Nakuru diocese for which Sapit had been responsible as suffragan since 2004. The area had previously been the Narok missionary area of Nakuru diocese.

Bishops of Kericho

*1 May 20082016:

(elected

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) *2016–present:

Ernest Ng'eno Ernest Ng'eno is a Kenyan Anglican bishop; since 2016 he has been the Bishop of Kericho. Ngeno was born on 12 February 1979 at Ainamoi. He was educated at Telanet Primary School, Kenegut Secondary School and St. Paul's University, Limuru. ...

Diocese of Maralal

The Diocese was founded in 2015; it had become a missionary area in 2009, before which it was part of Nyahururu diocese. As a missionary area, it was under the care of Lesuuda (since 1 March 2009) as a suffragan of the Primate.

Bishops of Maralal

*3 October 2015present:

Lodwar Missionary Area

Cleti Ogeto Cleti Ogeto is the Anglican Missionary Bishop of Lodwar"Growth and Decline in the Anglican Communion: 1980 to the Present" Goodhew, D (ed) p117: Abingdon; Taylor & Francis; 2016 in Kenya ) , national_anthem = " Ee Mungu Nguvu Yetu" ...

has been the suffragan bishop of All Saints' Diocese for the Lodwar Missionary Area — the Bishop of Lodwar — since before 2010. The territory now in the missionary area was previously of Kitale diocese.

Baringo Missionary Area

was consecrated a suffragan bishop of Nakuru diocese in 2015. He serves as Bishop of Baringo, which missionary area was and is part of the Diocese of Nakuru.

Diocese of Kapsabet

The Diocese of Kapsabet was erected on 1 January 2016 from Eldoret diocese. Its pro-cathedral is St Barnabas, Kapsabet.

Bishops of Kapsabet

*12 June 2016present:

Paul Korir Paul Kipketer Korir (born July 15, 1977, in Kipkoror, near Lessos, Nandi District in the Rift Valley Province) is a middle distance athlete from Kenya. Biography He graduated from Kilibwoni High School in Nandi District in 1996. He has started ...

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