Norman King'oo Wambua

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Norman King'oo Wambua
Bishop of Machakos. Kenya.
Church Roman Catholic Church
Archdiocese Nairobi
Appointed23 June 2018
Installed25 August 2018
Predecessor Martin Kivuva Musonde (Bishop) (15 March 2003 - 9 December 2014) Appointed, Archbishop of Mombasa
Previous post(s)Bishop of Bungoma, Kenya (August 1998–June 2018).
Orders
Ordination22 May 1988
Consecration16 August 1998
by  Cardinal Jozef Tomko
RankBishop
Personal details
Born
Norman King'oo Wambua

1952 (age 7172)
Styles of
Norman King'oo Wambua
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    Religious style Bishop

    Norman King'oo Wambua is a Roman Catholic prelate in Kenya, who was installed as the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Machakos, in Kenya on 25 August 2018. Before his installation as Bishop of Machakos, he was the Bishop of the Diocese of Bungoma, Kenya, serving there from August 1998 until June 2018. He was appointed bishop on 27 June 1998 by Pope John Paul II. [1]

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    Early life and education

    He was born in 1952 in Kathiani, Makueni County, in the Diocese of Wote. He attended Enzai Primary School from 1962 to 1969. His family relocated to Kitale in Trans-Nzoia County and he attended Kitale Day Secondary School (today: St. Anthony Secondary School), from 1970 until 1973. He then joined Thongoto Teachers' College in Kikuyu in 1974 graduating in 1976. [2]

    From 1979 until 1981, he studied in Form 5 and 6 at Tindinyo College, which was a Minor Seminary under the Diocese of Kakamega. In 1982, he joined St. Augustine Senior Seminary in Mabanga, Bungoma, Kenya, where he pursued philosophical studies. He left Mabanga in 1984 and in August the same year he joined St. Thomas Aquinas seminary Nairobi for theological studies. [2]

    Priesthood

    He was ordained priest on 22 May 1988, by the late Bishop John Christopher Mahon. Father Norman King’oo Wambua was posted to St. Augustine’s Cathedral Parish in Lodwar, in Turkana County, serving there from May 1988 until September 1990. Then Bishop Mahon sent him to Ireland for further studies where he pursued Systematic Theology and came back to the Diocese in 1992. When he returned to Kenya, the Bishop sent him to serve as the Parish Priest at Kanamkemer Parish in Lodwar Town, where he worked from 1992 until 1995. He was then appointed as the principal of Kakuma High School where he worked until 1997. [2]

    As bishop

    On 27 June 1998 Pope John Paul II appointed Father Norman King’oo Wambua, as Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Bungoma. He was consecrated and installed bishop on 16 August 1998 by Cardinal Jozef Tomko, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Sabina and Apostolic Nuncio to Kenya. He was assisted by Archbishop Zacchaeus Okoth, Archbishop of Kisumu and Bishop Cornelius Kipng’eno Arap Korir, Bishop of Eldoret. [1] [2]

    On 23 June 2018, Pope Francis appointed him as the Bishop of Machakos. He was installed in Machakos on 25 August 2018. [1] [2] In 2024, Bishop Paul Kariuki Njiru of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wote fell ill. Bishop Norman King'oo Wambua of the neighboring Catholic Diocese of Machakos was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Wote, effective 28 September 2024. [1] [3]

    See also

    Succession table

    Catholic Church titles
    Preceded by
    Longinus Atundo
    (1987–1996)
    Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Bungoma
    1998 - 2018
    Succeeded by
    Mark Kadima Wamukoya (2021-present)
    Catholic Church titles
    Preceded by
    Martin Kivuva Musonde (2003–2014)
    Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Machakos
    2018 - present
    Succeeded by

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    References

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