Pope Francis Appoints New Kisumu Catholic Archbishop

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Pope Francis has appointed Reverend Maurice Muhatia Makumba as the Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Kisumu.

Reverend Muhatia succeeds Reverend Philip Anyolo who was appointed the Archbishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Nairobi.

The news of Bishop Muhatia’s appointment was officially published in L’Osserbatore Romano in Rome on Friday 18th February.

Reverend Muhatia becomes the third archbishop of Kisumu after Archbishop Anyolo and Archbishop Zacchaeus Okoth.

Before his appointment, Reverend Muhatia was the Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Nakuru where he has been serving since 2009.

He is currently the Vice-Chairman of Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) and Principal Administrator of Kenya Catholic Secretariate. He has also served as the Chairman of KCCB – Commission for Education and Religious Education (CERE) and part-time National Executive Secretary for KCCB – Commission for Doctrine.

Archbishop Muhatia was born on 19th May, 1968 in Lirhanda village, under St. Joseph the Worker Parish in Shubuyi, Catholic Diocese of Kakamega. After completing secondary school at St. Charles Lwanga, he joined St. Mary’s Major Seminary where he studied spirituality and introduction to seminary life.

He studied philosophy at St. Augustine Major Seminary and theology at St. Thomas Aquinas Major Seminary. He then went to Rome, Italy, where he obtained a bachelor’s degree at Urbaniana Pontifical University and a master’s degree and Doctorate in philosophy at Pontifical Holy Cross University.

He was ordained as a catholic priest on 15th October 1994.

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