{"id":24372,"date":"2026-03-27T17:59:53","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T14:59:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/?p=24372"},"modified":"2026-03-27T17:59:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T14:59:53","slug":"kenya-pope-appoints-friar-obed-muriungi-auxiliary-bishop-of-kenyas-nairobi-archdiocese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/2026\/03\/27\/kenya-pope-appoints-friar-obed-muriungi-auxiliary-bishop-of-kenyas-nairobi-archdiocese\/","title":{"rendered":"KENYA: Pope Appoints Friar Obed Muriungi, Auxiliary Bishop of\u00a0Kenya\u2019s Nairobi Archdiocese"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>KCCB \u2013 Commission for Social Communications Team<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Pope Leo XIV has appointed Monsignor Obed Muriungi Karobia, a member of the Order of Friars Minor Conventual (OFM Conv), as Auxiliary Bishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Nairobi, strengthening apostolic leadership in one of Kenya\u2019s most vibrant ecclesiastical jurisdictions.<\/p>\n<p>The appointment was officially announced in Rome on Thursday, March 26. It was formally communicated to the Kenyan Bishops through the Apostolic Nuncio to Kenya, Archbishop Bert Van Megen.<\/p>\n<p>Auxiliary Bishop-elect Karobia brings to the episcopacy a rich heritage of Franciscan spirituality grounded in humility, fraternity, and service.<\/p>\n<p>Born on June 29, 1979, in Meru, Kenya, Bishop-elect Karobia has journeyed through a steady path of religious formation and priestly ministry. He made his simple profession in 2004 and his solemn profession in 2010 before being ordained a priest in 2012. Over the years, he has distinguished himself through dedicated pastoral service, leadership within the Franciscan fraternity, and a deep commitment to evangelization.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, in 2019, he was elected the first Minister Provincial of the Province of St. Francis in Kenya. As the Auxiliary Bishop-elect Karobia will support the Archbishop in shepherding the faithful, enhancing pastoral outreach, and strengthening ecclesial structures.<\/p>\n<p>Until his appointment, he had been serving as the Supreme Moderator of the Franciscan Servants of Mary Queen of Love Fraternity, a religious community of priests and brothers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KCCB \u2013 Commission for Social Communications Team Pope Leo XIV has appointed Monsignor Obed Muriungi&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":24373,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-amecea-news","category-kenya"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24372"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24372\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24374,"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24372\/revisions\/24374"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}