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Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Kitale, Kenya, presented by Bishop Maurice Anthony Crowley, S.P.S.
The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Henry Juma Odonya, of the clergy of Edloret, until now formator at the House of Formation of the Society of Saint Patrick for the Foreign Missions in South Africa, as bishop of the same diocese.
Msgr. Henry Juma Odonya was born on 10 December 1976 in Nairobi. He studied philosophy at Saint Augustine’s Senior Seminary in Mabanga and theology at Saint Thomas Aquinas Senior Seminary in Nairobi.
He was ordained a priest on 25 February 2006 and incardinated in the diocese of Eldoret.
He has held the following offices and carried out further studies: parish vicar of Kapcherop (2006-2008) and of Ndalat, both in the diocese of Eldoret (2008-2009), parish priest of Kapcherop (2009-2011) and of Kolongolo, diocese of Kitale, as a fidei donum priest (2011-2013); president of the Association of fidei donum priests in Kenya (2011-2014); parish priest of Chepchoina, diocese of Kitale (2013-2015), of Ndalat and president of the Diocesan Priestly Association (2015-2016). He continued his studies in Rome, receiving a licentiate in missiology from the Pontifical Urban University (2016-2019), and went on to serve as parish vicar of Huruma, diocese of Eldoret (2019-2020). Since 2020, he has served as formator at the House of Formation of the Society of Saint Patrick for the Foreign Missions, in South Africa. (SL) (Agenzia Fides, 4/11/2022)
