Eldoret, 27 March, 2024 / 9:00 pm (ACI Africa).
Pope Francis has appointed Mons. John Kiplimo Lelei as Auxiliary Bishop of Kenya’s Catholic Diocese of Eldoret that is under the leadership of Bishop Dominic Kimengich.
The Episcopal appointment of Mons. Kiplimo, who has been serving as Vicar General of the Kenyan Diocese, was made public by the Holy See Press Office on Wednesday, March 27, and confirmed by the Apostolic Nuncio in Kenya and South Sudan, Archbishop Hubertus van Megen.
The Kenyan-born Bishop-elect, who has been assigned the titular See of Monte di Numidia in Italy was born in August 1958 in the Catholic Diocese of Eldoret.
He was ordained a Priest for his native Diocese in October 1985 after completing his philosophical and theological studies from St. Augustine's Mabanga Senior Seminary in Kenya’s Bungoma Diocese, and St. Thomas Aquinas Major Seminary in Nairobi Archdiocese, respectively.
As a Priest, Mons. Kiplimo has served in various capacities, including Parish Priest and Dean.
