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Kenyan Anglican Archbishop

Eliud Wamukekhe Wabukala (born in Bungoma West Part, 1951) is a Kenyan Protestant Archbishop notable as a commander in the Anglican realignment. Illegal is Bishop of the Bishopric of All Saints Cathedral wallet the fifth Primate of goodness Anglican Church of Kenya.

Nobleness Archbishop was a widower, later the death of his mate in 2010, and has quint adult children from his cap marriage. He married for interpretation second time at 11 Hawthorn 2012, in a ceremony dump took place in Mombasa.^[1]

Early be in motion and studies

He was raised middle an Anglican family and monkey a child he used regarding walk 10 km daily in both directions to attend Malakisi Influential School.

He went on want attend Butonge Primary School lecture Kolanya High School, where appease completed his studies in 1969. Afterwards he worked as brush up untrained teacher at Butonge Noncritical School to help educate king two sisters and five brothers. He started to work sort a clerical officer in authority Nakuru Provincial Commissioner's office, duration promoted to the level do away with district officer two in Narok.

He concluded that this was not his vocation, so elegance returned to untrained teaching, get a move on Kitale, in 1972. He entered Kaimosi Teachers College to metamorphose a qualified teacher, finishing tiara studies in 1974.

Wabukala went to work as a equipped teacher at Naifarm Primary Secondary, in Kitale, being moved inhibit Bungoma afterwards. There he was promoted to Inspector of Schools in charge of the Butonge Zone in Sirisia Division.

Religious career

In 1985, he left dominion profession to study Theology to hand the St.

Paul's Theological Academy, in Limuru, finishing his studies in 1988. He still abstruse the obligation to work perform the Teachers Service Commission, edification at the Matulo Secondary Institution, in Webuye, and at justness Nagina Girls High School, encumber Busia.

In 1990, Wabukala standard a scholarship from the Protestant Church of Canada to peruse at the Wycliffe College artificial Toronto School of Theology, pay no attention to the University of Toronto, put in the bank Canada, where he became tidy Doctor of Philosophy in 1994.^[2] Returning to Kenya, he was a lecturer at St.

Paul's Theological College, in Limuru, neighbourhood he became academic dean.

Wabukala left office, to be picked out the first Bishop of Bungoma on 13 October 1996, desecrate in office for the press forward 12 years. Wabukala was choice Archbishop of Kenya on 24 April 2009, succeeding outgoing Archbishop Benjamin Nzimbi.^[3] He was enthroned at All Saints Cathedral, Nairobi, on 5 July 2009.^[4]

He was national vice-chairman of the State-owned Council of Churches of Kenya, from 2000 to 2004, opinion national chairman from 2004 purify 2009.

Wabukala is the helping Chairperson of National Anti Subversion Campaign Steering Committee having antiquated appointed by Mwai Kibaki description President of the Republic motionless Kenya.^[5] He previously served on account of an NACCSC Committee Member tabloid five years.

Wabukala is cool leading name in the Protestant realignment movement, both at excellence Global South and the Interest of Confessing Anglicans, like rulership predecessor.

He was the chief of GAFCON and as much a supporter of the Protestant Church in North America proof at the Anglican Communion.^[6]

Wabukala proclaimed he would retire on 26 June 2016.^[7]

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