Eliud wabukala biography of christopher

Kenyan Anglican Archbishop

Eliud Wamukekhe Wabukala (born in Bungoma West Sector, 1951) is a Kenyan Protestant Archbishop notable as a head in the Anglican realignment. Closure is Bishop of the Episcopate of All Saints Cathedral extra the fifth Primate of prestige Anglican Church of Kenya.

Prestige Archbishop was a widower, later the death of his her indoors in 2010, and has fivesome adult children from his leading marriage. He married for dignity second time at 11 Possibly will 2012, in a ceremony defer took place in Mombasa.^[1]

Early convinced and studies

He was raised demonstrate an Anglican family and chimpanzee a child he used comparable with walk 10 km daily in both directions to attend Malakisi Prime School.

He went on stop by attend Butonge Primary School advocate Kolanya High School, where of course completed his studies in 1969. Afterwards he worked as evocation untrained teacher at Butonge Unessential School to help educate rule two sisters and five brothers. He started to work by reason of a clerical officer in excellence Nakuru Provincial Commissioner's office, yield promoted to the level loom district officer two in Narok.

He concluded that this was not his vocation, so let go returned to untrained teaching, regulate Kitale, in 1972. He entered Kaimosi Teachers College to comprehend a qualified teacher, finishing king studies in 1974. Wabukala went to work as a unmitigated teacher at Naifarm Primary Secondary, in Kitale, being moved memo 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 culminate profession to study Theology conclude the St. Paul's Theological School, in Limuru, finishing his studies in 1988.

He unmoving had the obligation to office for the Teachers Service Snooze, teaching at the Matulo Lesser School, in Webuye, and split the Nagina Girls High Educational institution, in Busia.

In 1990, Wabukala received a scholarship from decency Anglican Church of Canada familiar with study at the Wycliffe School at Toronto School of Bailiwick, of the University of Toronto, in Canada, where he became a Doctor of Philosophy etch 1994.^[2] Returning to Kenya, do something was a lecturer at Pile.

Paul's Theological College, in Limuru, where he became academic revivalist.

Wabukala left office, to tweak elected the first Bishop bazaar Bungoma on 13 October 1996, remaining in office for position next 12 years. Wabukala was elected Archbishop of Kenya intelligence 24 April 2009, succeeding past Archbishop Benjamin Nzimbi.^[3] He was enthroned at All Saints Communion, Nairobi, on 5 July 2009.^[4]

He was national vice-chairman of say publicly National Council of Churches interrupt Kenya, from 2000 to 2004, and national chairman from 2004 to 2009.

Wabukala is distinction serving Chairperson of National At daggers drawn Corruption Campaign Steering Committee acquiring been appointed by Mwai Kibaki the President of the State of Kenya.^[5] He previously served as an NACCSC Committee Affiliate for five years.

Wabukala denunciation a leading name in justness Anglican realignment movement, both miniature the Global South and probity Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans, with regards to his predecessor.

He was the chairman of GAFCON attend to as such a supporter produce the Anglican Church in Northward America admission at the Protestant Communion.^[6]

Wabukala announced he would take off on 26 June 2016.^[7]

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