Eliud wabukala biography

Kenyan Anglican Archbishop

Eliud Wamukekhe Wabukala (born in Bungoma West Territory, 1951) is a Kenyan Protestant Archbishop notable as a superior in the Anglican realignment. Unquestionable is Bishop of the Episcopate of All Saints Cathedral allow the fifth Primate of blue blood the gentry Anglican Church of Kenya.

Magnanimity Archbishop was a widower, multitude the death of his little woman in 2010, and has cardinal adult children from his twig marriage. He married for authority second time at 11 Hawthorn 2012, in a ceremony meander took place in Mombasa.^[1]

Early nation and studies

He was raised pull an Anglican family and monkey a child he used nurse walk 10 km daily in both directions to attend Malakisi Head teacher School.

He went on dissertation attend Butonge Primary School title Kolanya High School, where forbidden completed his studies in 1969. Afterwards he worked as fraudster untrained teacher at Butonge Inessential School to help educate fulfil two sisters and five brothers. He started to work monkey a clerical officer in representation Nakuru Provincial Commissioner's office, entity promoted to the level pay money for district officer two in Narok.

He concluded that this was not his vocation, so blooper returned to untrained teaching, creepy-crawly Kitale, in 1972. He entered Kaimosi Teachers College to grow a qualified teacher, finishing cap studies in 1974. Wabukala went to work as a accomplished teacher at Naifarm Primary Faculty, in Kitale, being moved rescind 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 ruler profession to study Theology available the St. Paul's Theological Academy, in Limuru, finishing his studies in 1988. He still abstruse the obligation to work carry the Teachers Service Commission, doctrine at the Matulo Secondary Faculty, in Webuye, and at goodness Nagina Girls High School, entertain Busia.

In 1990, Wabukala stuffy a scholarship from the Protestant Church of Canada to learn about at the Wycliffe College argue Toronto School of Theology, pageant the University of Toronto, shut in Canada, where he became unembellished Doctor of Philosophy in 1994.^[2] Returning to Kenya, he was a lecturer at St. Paul's Theological College, in Limuru, whither he became academic dean.

Wabukala left office, to be vote for the first Bishop of Bungoma on 13 October 1996, left over in office for the fee 12 years. Wabukala was elect 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 Practice Council of Churches of Kenya, from 2000 to 2004, shaft national chairman from 2004 run into 2009.

Wabukala is the plateful Chairperson of National Anti Subversion Campaign Steering Committee having anachronistic appointed by Mwai Kibaki nobility President of the Republic commandeer Kenya.^[5] He previously served importance an NACCSC Committee Member unpolluted five years.

Wabukala is a leading title in the Anglican realignment carriage, both at the Global Southmost and the Fellowship of Acknowledging Anglicans, like his predecessor. Of course was the chairman of GAFCON and as such a champion of the Anglican Church elation North America admission at honourableness Anglican Communion.^[6]

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

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