His Holiness Poe Benedict XVI has appointed Rev. Fr. Maurice Muhatia Makumba as the new bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Nakuru as communicated by The Apostolic Nuncio to Kenya, His Excellency Archbishop Alain Paul Lebeaupin in Nairobi.
Rev Fr. Maurice Muhatia Makumba was born on May 19, 1968 in Lirhanda, Shibuyi in Kakamega District, to Shiramba Makumba and Rita Mwikali both deceased.
He attended primary school in Lirhanda between 1976- 1982
He went to St. Charles Lwanga Secondary School in Mukumu between 1983 and 1986. A year later he joined St. Mary’s Seminary in Molo. From 1988 to 1989, he attended St. Augustine seminary in Mabanga, where he attained a Diploma in Philosophy.
He attended St. Thomas Aquinas Seminary in 1990 to 1994 and graduated with a diploma in theology and a BA in theology from the Urbaniana University in Rome.
On 7th May 1993 he was ordained Deacon, and on 15 October 1994 Ordained to the priesthood and appointed Assistant parish priest at St. Joseph Cathedral parish in Kakamega where he served for only one year.
In 1995, the Bishop elect, was appointed vice Rector and teacher at St. Peter minor Seminary Mukumu, where he served until 1998. He proceeded for studies at the Pontifical Holy Cross University in Rome, where he attained a licentiate and Doctorate in philosophy. He returned home to be the Vice Rector at St. Augustine Major Seminary Mabanga, a positioned he held till 2005. At the same time he was appointed a member of the college of consulters for Kakamega Diocese.
Between 2005 to 2007 he was the acting Rector and teacher at St. Mathias Mulumba major Seminary in Tindinyo, and since 2007 he has been the Rector at St. Thomas Aquinas Major Seminary in Nairobi.
The Bishop elect who is known to be a strict disciplinarian and a prayerful man, becomes the new shepherd of Nakuru which has been under Bishop Philip Anyolo of Homabay since the departure of Arch- Bishop Peter Kairo in August 2008.
Bishop Elect Muhatia will be the third Bishop of Nakuru, since it creation in 1968. Retired Arch-Bishop Raphael Ndingi Mwana- A-Nzeki shepherded the faithful for over 25 years, next was Arch-Bishop Kairo who was elevated to the Metropolitan Of Nyeri last Year.
Nakuru Diocese cover over 18,342 Square kilometers and has an estimated population of more than 1,588,582. The Diocese which comprises Naivasha, Nakuru, Baringo and Koibatek Districts has an estimated 217,000 Catholics.The diocese has more that 90 priests working in 48 parishes in 8 deaneries.
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