Father Obed Muriungi Karobia, O.F.M. Conv.

Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Nairobi, Kenya

Titular Bishop of Thimida

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
29 Jun 1979		Born
24 Jul 2004	25.0	Simple Vows	Member of Order of Friars Minor Conventual
10 Oct 2010	31.2	Solemn Vows	Member of Order of Friars Minor Conventual
21 May 2011	31.8	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Order of Friars Minor Conventual
28 Jul 2012	33.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Conventual
26 Mar 2026	46.7	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Nairobi, Kenya
26 Mar 2026	46.7	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Thimida
6 May 2026	46.8	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Thimida

MicroData Summary
Obed Muriungi Karobia
Father Obed Muriungi Karobia O.F.M. Conv.
(born 29 Jun 1979)
Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Nairobi

Event Place
Birth Place Meru, Diocese of Meru
Ordained Bishop Holy Family, Basilica, Nairobi, Archdiocese of Nairobi

Please contact the Father through the Archdiocese of Nairobi.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Hubertus Matheus Maria van Megen
Titular Archbishop of Novaliciana

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Hubertus Matheus Maria van Megen (2014)
Titular Archbishop of Novaliciana
Pietro Cardinal Parolin (2009)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Simone e Giuda Taddeo a Torre Angela
Pope Benedict XVI (1977)
(Joseph Ratzinger †)
Bishop Josef Stangl † (1957)
Bishop of Würzburg
Archbishop Josef Schneider † (1955)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Joseph Cardinal Wendel † (1941)
Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}
Bishop Ludwig Sebastian † (1917)
Bishop of Speyer
Archbishop Johann Jakob von Hauck † (1912)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Bishop Ferdinand von Schlör † (1898)
Bishop of Würzburg
Archbishop Joseph von Schork † (1891)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Bishop Franz Joseph von Stein † (1879)
Bishop of Würzburg
Archbishop Friedrich Josef von Schreiber † (1875)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Archbishop Gregor (Leonhard Andreas) von Scherr, O.S.B. † (1856)
Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}
Archbishop Antonio Saverio De Luca † (1845)
Titular Archbishop of Tarsus
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q138793793

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 26 Mar 2026
bp/qofc: CB, 26 Mar 2026
od: CB, 4 Apr 2026
ob/c2: CB, 10 Apr 2026

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