AFRICA/KENYA - Erection of the ecclesiastical province of Eldoret and appointment of first metropolitan archbishop

Saturday, 14 November 2026

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Vatican City (Fides News Agency) - The Holy Father has erected the ecclesiastical province of Eldoret, Kenya, elevating the see of Eldoret to a metropolitan Church and assigning as suffragans the dioceses of Lodwar, Kitale, Kericho and Kapsabet.

The Holy Father has appointed Bishop Joseph Obanyi Sagwe, hitherto of the diocese of Kakamega and curently apostolic administrator sede vacante of the diocese of Eldoret, as first metropolitan archbishop of Eldoret.
(Fides News Agency, 14/11/2026)