Pope Francis has confirmed the appointment of Very Rev. Fr Cleophas Oseso Tuka as the Bishop Nakuru Catholic Diocese.

The Very Rev. Fr. Tuka has been serving as the Father in Charge of Bahati Parish, in Nakuru County.

He takes over from Bishop David Kamau, who was the Apostolic Administrator of the Nakuru Catholic Diocese.

The news of Fr. Oseso’s appointment was officially published in the L’Osservatore Romano in Rome on February 15, 2023 at 12pm Rome time and 2pm Kenyan time.

The Apostolic Nuncio to Kenya and South Sudan, His Excellency Archbishop Bert van Megen, also sent an official communication to the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) communicating the same.

"The Holy Pope has appointed Very Rev. Fr Cleophas Oseso Tuka as the Bishop Nakuru Catholic Diocese. This is to fill the position left by Bishop Maurice Muhatia Makumba who was appointed Archbishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Kisumu,” read the communication sent to the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) seen by Mtaa Wangu.

The Nuncio’s letter reads in part; “I have the honor and pleasure to inform you that His Holiness Pope Francis has appointed the Reverend Father Cleophas Oseso Tuka, as Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Nakuru. The Bishop-elect hails from the clergy of the Catholic Diocese of Nakuru.”

He was formerly the head of Nakuru Diocese Mission Appeal Office in New York, USA.

Oseso was born in 1967 in Naivasha.

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Pope appoints Rev. Fr. Cleophas Oseso Tuka as Bishop Nakuru Catholic Diocese

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