Esbon Ngaruiya

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Esbon Ngaruiya was an Anglican bishop in Kenya during the last third of the Twentieth Century. [1]

Ngaruiya was educated at St. Paul's University, Limuru and was made an ordained deacon in 1943 and a priest in 1945. [2] He served in Limuru and Mombassa. In 1955 he became Assistant Bishop to Leonard Beecher the Bishop of Mombasa. He was consecrated Assistant Bishop of Mount Kenya in 1972; and then translated to the Diocese of Mount Kenya South in 1975. [3]

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References

  1. Diocese of Thhika
  2. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 p713 London: OUP, 1976 ISBN   0-19-200008-X
  3. ACK