Lawrence Dena is an

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; he is the current Bishop of Malindi. Dena was born in

Rabai Rabai, also called Rabai Mpya (New Rabai), is a historic location and Sub-Counties of Kenya, Sub-County in Kilifi County, Kenya about 12 miles northwest of the city of Mombasa. It is the first place in Kenya where missionaries of the Church Missio ...

. He was educated at the Teachers College in Kericho and the Nairobi International School of Theology. He was ordained in 1994 in Mombasa, and served at St. Augustine

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. In 2003 he became a Canon at

All Saints' Cathedral, Nairobi All Saints' Cathedral, Nairobi is a Cathedral of the Anglican Church of Kenya (ACK). Background The CMS missionary Johann Ludwig Krapf arrived in 1844 and established a mission station at Rabai. Bishop William Peel conducted the first Anglican ...

. He was consecrated

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of Mombassa in 2005. He was Provincial Secretary to Archbishop Benjamin Nzimbi from 2006 to 2009. He is Chairman of the

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21st-century Anglican bishops of the Anglican Church of Kenya Anglican bishops of Malindi Year of birth missing (living people) Living people People from Kilifi County People educated at Trinity Grammar School (New South Wales) University of Sydney alumni {{Kenya-Anglican-bishop-stub