Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On May 4, the Holy Father appointed the Reverend Fr. Peter Munguti Makau, I.M.C., until now provincial superior of the Consolata Missionaries in Kenya and Uganda.
Msgr. Peter Munguti Makau, I.M.C., was born on 6 May 1975 in Nairobi, in the archdiocese of the same name. He began his religious formation as a Consolata Missionary in Nairobi at the Consolata Seminary where he carried out his postulate and completed his studies in philosophy. He carried out his novitiate in Sagana, Kenya, and gave his first vows on 6 August 1999. He completed his studies in theology in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, at the Institut Saint-Eugène de Mazenod and gave his perpetual vows on 5 December 2003.
He was ordained a priest on 20 November in the diocese of Machakos.
After ordination, he was awarded a diploma in canon law from the Universidad Monteávila in Caracas, Venezuela.
He has held the following offices: parish priest in Carapita, archdiocese of Caracas (2006-2014), and delegate superior for Venezuela for two mandates (2014-2019). Since 2019 he has served as provincial superior of the Consolata Missionaries in Kenya and Uganda. (EG) (Agenzia Fides, 6/5/2024)