Robert David Markland (Rob) Martin (born 1949) was the first Bishop of Marsabit in the

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. Martin was educated at Woodcote House School and

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. For university he studied at

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and

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. He was

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in 1991,

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in 1992 and

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in 2008. After a

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in Kingswood he was

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from 1995 until his appointment as bishop. He was consecrated in March 2008, to serve as

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Marsabit Marsabit is a town in the northern Marsabit County in Kenya. It is situated in the former Eastern Province and is almost surrounded by the Marsabit National Park. The town is located east of the centre of the East African Rift at an elevatio ...

mission area of the All Saints' Cathedral Diocese; with the area's erection into the Anglican Diocese of Marsabit on 24 July 2011, he was installed as diocesan bishop. He retired back to the UK in 2016.ACK News
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Anglican bishops of Marsabit Anglicanism in Kenya Living people 1949 births Alumni of Trinity College, Bristol Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge People educated at Bradfield College People educated at Woodcote House School {{Kenya-Anglican-bishop-stub