Martin Mutua
20 April 2008
Nairobi — Pope Benedict XVI has appointed Nakuru Catholic Bishop Peter Kairo as the Nyeri Archbishop.
Kairo replaces Archbishop Nicodemus Kirima, who died in November last year.
After Kirima's death, the Pope appointed Nairobi Archbishop Cardinal John Njue as the apostolic administrator of Nyeri awaiting the appointment of a new prelate.
With the appointment of Kairo, Nakuru joins two other dioceses that have been without a bishop. They include Muranga and Kitui.
Kitui, formerly led by Bishop Boniface Lele, has been without a bishop for the last three years after Lele become the Archbishop of Mombasa after Archbishop John Njenga retired. Machakos Bishop Martin Kivuva is the apostolic administrator of the diocese.
Bishop Peter Kihara moved from Muranga to Marsabit in the same capacity.
Kairo was born on May 24, 1941 in Londiani village, Molo, and was ordained priest on November 1, 1970.
He was appointed the first bishop of the new Muranga diocese on March 17, 1983 and consecrated bishop on May, 21 the same year. He was moved to Nakuru Diocese on May 12, 1997 to take over from retired Nairobi Archbishop Ndingi Mwana' a Nzeki.
Meanwhile, the new Kericho Anglican Church of Kenya has elected Jackson Ole Sapit as its new bishop.
Sapit, who joins the 37-member conference of Anglican bishops headed by Archbishop Benjamin Nzimbi, was elected unopposed yesterday.
Kericho ACK diocese was recently carved out of Nakuru archdiocese.
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