Anthony Ireri Mukobo

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, (born 23 September 1949) is a Kenyan Catholic prelate who served as the Bishop of the

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from February 2023 until his age-related retirement in September 2024. Before that, from January 2006 until February 2023, he was the

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of the Diocese of Isiolo. Prior to Isiolo, he was an

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of the Archdiocese of Nairobi from December 1999 until January 2006. He was appointed bishop on 22 December 1999 by

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. He retired in 2024, having attained the retirement age of 75 years. He now lives as the Bishop Emeritus of Isiolo, Kenya.

Background and education

He was born on 23 September 1949 in Mufu Village, in the Apostolic Prefecture of Meru, in

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. After studying

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and

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he was ordained a priest on 5 January 1980.

Priest

He was ordained a priest of the

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on 5 January 1980. He served in that capacity until 22 December 1999.

As bishop

On 22 December 1999, Pope John Paul II appointed him as

of the

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. He was contemporaneously appointed as Titular Bishop of Rusguniae. He was consecrated and installed at

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in the archdiocese of Nairobi on 18 March 2000. The Principal Consecrator was Jozef Cardinal Tomko, Cardinal-Priest of

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assisted by Archbishop

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, Titular Archbishop of

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and Archbishop Raphael Simon Ndingi Mwana'a Nzeki, Archbishop of Nairobi. On 25 January 2006, he was appointed

of the Vicariate of Isiolo. On 15 February 2023

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elevated the vicariate to a full diocese and he appointed Bishop Mukobo as the pioneer Ordinary there. He was installed at Isiolo on 22 April 2023. On 28 September 2024, having attained the retirement age of 75 years, he retired and was succeeded by Bishop Peter Munguti Makau,

, a Consolata Missionary and previously

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of Isiolo. Bishop Anthony Ireri Mukobo

, lives on as the Bishop Emeritus of Isiolo, Kenya.

References

Succession table

(15 December 1995 - 14 July 2005)

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