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Machakos Diocese

Bishop Norman King’oo Wambua (right) and Bishop Joseph Maluki Mwongela. Credit: ACI Africa/Courtesy Photo

Kenyan Catholic Diocese Prepares to Receive Coadjutor Bishop amid Calls for Prayers

Jan 16, 2026

The Local Ordinary of the Catholic Diocese of Machakos has invited the people under his pastoral care to offer spiritual solidarity with the newly appointed Co-adjutor Bishop as he prepares to begin his ministry in the Kenyan Episcopal See.

Bishop Joseph Maluki Mwongela. Credit: ACI Africa/Courtesy Photo

Catholic Bishop of Kitui Diocese in Kenya Appointed Coadjutor of Country’s Machakos Diocese

Jan 5, 2026

Pope Leo XIV has appointed Bishop Joseph Maluki Mwongela, the Local Ordinary of the Catholic Diocese of Kitui in Kenya, as Coadjutor Bishop of the Diocese of the country’s Machakos Diocese, granting him the “right of succession” in accordance with Canon 403 §3 of the Code of Canon Law. 

Bishop Norman King’oo Wambua (right) and Bishop Paul Kariuki Njiru (left)

Catholic Bishop of Machakos Diocese in Kenya Appointed Apostolic Administrator of Country’s Wote Diocese

Sep 27, 2024

Bishop Norman King’oo Wambua of the Catholic Diocese of Machakos in Kenya has been appointed as the Apostolic Administrator of the country’s Wote Diocese.

PMS Directors and PMC Coordinators from Kenyan Dioceses during their Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Nairobi, Kenya. Credit: ACI Africa

Transfers, Secularism, Language among PMS Challenges in Kenya: Officials

Feb 18, 2024

Officials of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in Kenya have highlighted some of the challenges their apostolate entails, and what they do to address them.

Some beneficiaries of the Hungarian Scholarship for “Christian Young People” with the staff of EWTN Hungary. Credit: EWTN Hungary

Kenyan Beneficiaries of Hungarian Scholarship for Christians Eager to Transform Societies

Jun 10, 2021

Kennedy Mutua, a Kenyan postgraduate student pursuing climate change at a University in Hungary is eager to implement top-notch technologies in environmental conservation when he returns to Kenya.

Bishop Norman King’oo Wambua during Mass at Holy Family Basilica Nairobi, Kenya on Holy Trinity Sunday 2020.

Don’t “take pandemic as an opportunity to deviate from family values”: Bishops in Kenya

Jun 10, 2020

Catholic Bishops in Kenya are cautioning the people of God in the East African nation against the temptation to disregard values cultivated in families such as love and forgiveness amid COVID-19 challenges ranging from job loses, reduced income, and restrictions to movement among others.