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Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Revrend John Kiplimo Lelei, of the clergy of Eldoret, Kenya, until now vicar general, as auxiliary bishop of the same diocese, assigning him the titular see of Mons in Numidia.
Msgr. John Kiplimo Lelei was born on 15 August 1958 in Soy, in the diocese of Eldoret. He studied philosophy at Saint Augustine’s Senior Seminary in Mabanga, and theology at Saint Thomas Aquinas Major Seminary in Nairobi.
He was ordained a priest on 26 October 1985 for the diocese of Eldoret.
He was awarded a doctorate in theology, specializing in liturgy, from the Universität Wien, and has held the offices of parish vicar in Suwerwa and Chepterit (1985-1987), parish priest in Yamumbi, Suwerwa, Chepterit and Tachasis, and vicar forane of the deaneries of Kitale and Nandi (1987-1996), parish collaborator at the Saint Brigitta and Zum Gottlichen Erloser in the archdiocese of Vienna (1996-2002), lecturer at the AMECEA Pastoral Institute of Gaba (2003-2004), the Institute of Development Studies in Kobujoi (2003-2008) and the Saint Matthias Mulumba Senior Seminary in Tindinyo (2003-2008), parish priest of Saint Peter’s in Kapsabet (2007-2008), lecturer and formator of Saint Matthias Mulumba Senior Seminary in Tindinyo (2008-2017), and rector of Saint Thomas Aquinas Major Seminary in Nairobi (2017-2023). He is currently vicar general of Eldoret. (EG) (Agenzia Fides, 27/3/2024)
