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Pope Leo XIV has erected a new Catholic diocese in Kenya and appointed its first bishop.
The Holy See Press Office announced July 10 that the Diocese of Kapsabet will be the 28th Episcopal See in Kenya, carved out from the country’s Eldoret diocese, and Bishop John Kiplimo Leleiwill be its first bishop.
Lelei has been serving as an auxiliary bishop of Eldoret, the diocese in which he was born.
The newly established diocese becomes the eighth suffragan diocese of the Kisumu archdiocese, alongside Bungoma, Eldoret, Homa Bay, Kakamega, Kisii, Kitale, and Lodwar.
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The Holy See Press Office announced July 10 that the Diocese of Kapsabet will be the 28th Episcopal See in Kenya, carved out from the country’s Eldoret diocese, and Bishop John Kiplimo Leleiwill be its first bishop.
Lelei has been serving as an auxiliary bishop of Eldoret, the diocese in which he was born.
The newly established diocese becomes the eighth suffragan diocese of the Kisumu archdiocese, alongside Bungoma, Eldoret, Homa Bay, Kakamega, Kisii, Kitale, and Lodwar.
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New diocese erected in Kenya, pope appoints its first bishop
Pope Leo XIV has erected a new Catholic diocese in Kenya — the Diocese of Kapsabet — and appointed Bishop John Kiplimo Lelei to be its first bishop.
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