Nyeri, 03 October, 2023 / 8:51 pm (ACI Africa).
Pope Francis has appointed the Archbishop of Kenya’s Nyeri Archdiocese to temporarily take care of the country’s Embu Diocese until a substantive Local Ordinary is appointed and takes canonical possession of the Kenyan Diocese.
The Apostolic Nuncio in Kenya, Archbishop Hubertus Maria van Megen made the latest administrative changes in Kenya on September 30 during the installation of Bishop Paul Kariuki Njiru as the pioneer Local Ordinary of the newly erected Diocese of Wote.
“We are already starting the process of finding a new Bishop for the Diocese of Embu; so any Priest here who feels the vocation to be a Bishop, you can apply,” Archbishop van Megen said in jest.
“For the time being, since we have a vacancy, the Holy Father has appointed an Apostolic Administrator in the person of Archbishop Anthony Muheria, who was Bishop of Embu years ago,” the Vatican Diplomat said.
The Apostolic Nuncio continued in reference to the member of Opus Dei, who started his Episcopal Ministry as Bishop of Embu Diocese in January 2004, “We hope that in his capable hands, the Diocese of Embu will continue to grow the seeds that Bishop Kariuki has already planted.”
