Maurice Anthony Crowley | |
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Bishop Emeritus of Kitale, Kenya | |
Church | Catholic Church |
Archdiocese | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kisumu |
See | Kitale |
Appointed | 3 April 1998 |
Installed | 15 August 1998 |
Term ended | 4 November 2022 |
Predecessor | None (Diocese created) |
Successor | Henry Juma Odonya |
Other post(s) | Apostolic Administrator of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Eldoret (22 November 2017 until 1 February 2020) |
Orders | |
Ordination | 4 June 1972 |
Consecration | 15 August 1998 by Jozef Cardinal Tomko |
Rank | Bishop |
Personal details | |
Born | Maurice Anthony Crowley 11 May 1946 Berrings, County Cork, Ireland |
Styles of Maurice Anthony Crowley | |
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Reference style | |
Spoken style | His Lordship |
Religious style | Bishop |
Maurice Anthony Crowley SPS, is an Irish-born prelate who served as Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kitale, Kenya from 1998 until his age-related retirement in 2022. He concurrently served as Apostolic Administrator of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Eldoret, Kenya from 2017 until 2020. He is a member of the Saint Patrick's Missionary Society. He was appointed bishop on 3 April 1998 by Pope John Paul II.
He was born on 11 May 1946 in Berrings, in the Diocese of Clovne, County Cork, Ireland. He studied Philosophy and Theology before he was ordained a member of the Kiltegan Fathers and a priest in June 1972. [1] In 1968, he graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from the University College Cork, prior to his priestly ordination.[ citation needed ].
On 4 June 1972 he was ordained a priest of the St. Patrick's Missionary Society at Killamoate, Wicklow, Leinster, Ireland by the hands of Bishop James Moynagh, S.P.S., Bishop Emeritus of Calabar. He served in that capacity until 3 April 1998. [1]
On 3 April 1998 Pope John Paul II appointed him Bishop of the newly-created Diocese of Kitale. He was consecrated and installed at Kitale on 15 August 1998 by the hands of Jozef Cardinal Tomko, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Sabina assisted by Bishop Cornelius Kipng’eno Arap Korir, Bishop of Eldoret and Bishop Philip Arnold Subira Anyolo, Bishop of Kericho. [1]
On 22 November 2017, following the death of Bishop Cornelius Kipng'eno Arap Korir of the adjacent diocese of Eldoret, The Holy Father appointed Bishop Maurice Anthony Crowley as the Apostolic Administrator of Eldoret, Kenya. [2] That administratorship ceased on 1 February 2020 when a new bishop was installed at Eldoret that day. [1]
Crowley is a member of the governing council of the Catholic University of Eastern Africa (CUEA). In 2020 Bishop Crowley was appointed to the first governing Council of Tangaza University in Nairobi, following it being granted University status. [3] [4]
On 4 November 2022 the retirement request submitted by Bishop Maurice Anthony Crowley, Ordinary of the diocese of Kitale was approved by The Holly Father. Pope Francis appointed Bishop Henry Juma Odonya, S.P.S., as the successor. [5] He was installed on 21 January 2023. Bishop Crowley lives on as Bishop Emeritus of Kitale, Kenya. [1] [6] [7]
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