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James Hannington was the first Bishop of Eastern Equatorial Africa. The church was founded as the diocese of Eastern Equatorial Africa (Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania) in 1884, with James Hannington as the first bishop; however, Protestant missionary activity had been present in the area since 1844, when Johann Ludwig Krapf, a Lutheran missionary, landed in Mombasa.
The Anglican presence in Kenya was initially overseen by the Church of England through the Diocese of Mauritius, established in 1854, and later through the Diocese of Eastern Equatorial Africa, created in 1884. As the Anglican Church grew, the Church of the province of East Africa was established in 1960, uniting the dioceses of Kenya and ...
The Anglican dioceses of Mount Kenya are the Anglican presence in east-central, north and north-east Kenya; they are part of the Anglican Church of Kenya. The remaining dioceses of the Church area in the areas of Mombasa , of Maseno , and of Nakuru .
In July 1914 a public meeting was held to raise money for a permanent church in the centre of Nairobi; and the Foundation Stone for the Church of All Saints was laid on 3 February 1917. A year later Bishop Richard Heywood dedicated the incomplete new Church. In November 1924, the Church of All Saints became the Cathedral of the Highlands.
St Paul's Cathedral, Embu is a Cathedral of the Anglican Church of Kenya (ACK) located in the north of the town of Embu. It serves as the Bishop's seat in the Diocese of the same name, and as such is the mother church of a congregation of some 45,000.
Assistant Bishop for Western Kenya; became first Bishop of Maseno. 13 Obadiah Kariuki 1955 V Mombasa: Assistant Bishop for Central and Eastern Kenya; became first Bishop of Fort Hall. 14 Peter Mwang’ombe 1964 VI Mombasa: Bishop of Mombasa from 1964 until his resignation in 1981. 14 Crispus Nzano 1981 VII Mombasa
The churches central to his election in 2022 are now his fiercest critics.
The Anglican dioceses of Maseno are the Anglican presence in and around Maseno, the Winam Gulf of Lake Victoria, and the western slopes of Mount Elgon, south-west Kenya; they are part of the Anglican Church of Kenya. The remaining dioceses of the Church area in the areas of Mombasa, of Mount Kenya, and of Nakuru.