Pope Leo officially erected the Catholic Diocese of Kapsabet, making it the 28th diocese in the country.
The new ecclesiastical jurisdiction has been carved out of the Catholic Diocese of Eldoret and will encompass the entire Nandi County.
He appointed Rt. Rev. John Kiplimo Lelei, the current Auxiliary Bishop of Eldoret, as the founding bishop of the Diocese of Kapsabet.
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The 66 year-old Bishop John Kiplimo Lelei was born on August 15, 1958 in Soy, in the Catholic Diocese of Eldoret.
He studied philosophy at St. Augustine’s Senior Seminary in Mabanga and theology at St. Thomas Aquinas Major Seminary in Nairobi.
He was ordained a priest on October 26, 1985, for the Catholic Diocese of Eldoret.
He has held the following positions and carried out further studies: Doctorate in Theology, with specialization in Liturgy, at the UniversitΓ€t Wien, Parish Vicar in Suwerwa and Chepterit (1985-1987), parish priest in Yamumbi, Suwerwa, Chepterit and Tachasis, and Vicar Forane of the Deanery of Kitale and Nandi (1987-1996); Parish collaborator of St.
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