Sospeter Magua

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Sospeter Magua was an Anglican bishop in Kenya during the last quarter of the Twentieth Century. [1]

Magua was educated at St. Paul's University, Limuru and was ordained deacon in 1953 and priest in 1955. [2] He served in the Anglican Diocese of Mombasa until 1961. He was archdeacon of Fort Hall from 1964 to 1971; vicar general of the Anglican Diocese of Mount Kenya from 1971 to 1973; and Provincial Secretary of Kenya from 1973 to 1976. He was Bishop of Mount Kenya South from 1976 to 1982.

Magua died at Muranga in December 2019 through a fatal road accident. [3]

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References

  1. ACK
  2. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975–76 p631London: OUP, 1976 ISBN   0-19-200008-X
  3. Obituary Kenya