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- ↑ ACK St James Cathedral Church, Kiambu (Accessed 4 November 2017)
- ↑ St Andrew's Thika — History of the Church (Accessed 28 December 2017)
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- ↑ Gitari, David. Troubled but not Destroyed: Autobiography p. 74 (Accessed 4 November 2017)
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- ↑ Anglican Church of Kenya — Diocese of Embu (Accessed 28 December 2017)
- ↑ Gitari, David. Troubled but not Destroyed: Autobiography p. 58 (Accessed 25 November 2017)
- ↑ ACK Cathedral Embu — Henry Nyaga Kathii Archived 2017-12-29 at the Wayback Machine (Accessed 28 December 2017)
- ↑ "New dioceses in Kenya" . Church Times . No. 6376. 26 April 1985. p. 4. ISSN 0009-658X . Retrieved 23 November 2017– via UK Press Online archives.
- ↑ Anglican Church of Kenya — Diocese of Mt Kenya Central (Accessed 28 December 2017)
- ↑ News from the Slopes — ACK Diocese of Mt. Kenya Central Gets New Bishop (Accessed 28 December 2017)
- ↑ Kirinyaga Diocese — Our History (Accessed 28 December 2017)
- ↑ Anglican Church of Kenya — Diocese of Kirinyaga (Accessed 28 December 2017)
- ↑ Anglican Church of Kenya — Diocese of Mt Kenya West (Accessed 28 December 2017)
- ↑ ACK St Peter's Cathedral, Nyeri — History (Accessed 28 December 2017)
- ↑ Anglican Church of Kenya — Diocese of Mbeere (Accessed 28 December 2017)
- ↑ Anglican Church of Kenya — Diocese of Meru (Accessed 28 December 2017)
- ↑ Anglican Church of Kenya — Diocese of Thika (Accessed 28 December 2017)
- ↑ Anglican Diocese of Thika — History of Thika Diocese (Accessed 28 December 2017)
- ↑ Anglican Church of Kenya — Diocese of Marsabit (Accessed 28 December 2017)
- ↑ Standard Media — Troubled Murang’a ACK diocese placed under rep (Accessed 28 December 2017)
- ↑ Crosslinks letter, February 2016 Archived 2017-12-29 at the Wayback Machine (Accessed 28 December 2017)
- ↑ "Marsabit - ACK".