Vatican City – The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Father Joseph Onyango Oduor, O.S.A., until now parish priest of Santa Monica in Nyamsaria, in the archdiocese of Kisumu, as coadjutor bishop of the diocese of Kisii, Kenya.
Msgr. Joseph Onyango Oduor, O.S.A., was born on 2 may 1977. After joining the Order of Saint Augustine in 1998 in Kenya, he completed his studies in philosophy at the Consolata Institute of Philosophy and in theology at Tangaza University in Nairobi. He subsequently undertook his novitiate in Jos, Nigeria, and was awarded a licentiate in philosophy from the Catholic University of Eastern Africa , in Nairobi.
He made his perpetual vows on 16 October 2005, and was ordained a priest on 4 November 2006.
He has held the following offices: parish vicar and subsequently parish priest of the Sacred Heart parish in Baba Dogo, Nairobi , prior and formator at the International Formation House of the Augustinians in Nairobi , dean of the deanery of Kisumu , advisor of the Vicariate of the Augustinians in Kenya , parish priest of Saint Monica in Nyamsaria, Kisumu , and member of the College of Consultors of the archdiocese of Kisumu .
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