Bishop Emmanuel Okombo Wandera

Bishop Emeritus of Kericho, Kenya

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
29 Nov 1942		Born
30 Nov 1972	30.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Kisumu, Kenya
27 Apr 1987	44.4	Incardinated	Priest of Bungoma, Kenya
22 Mar 2003	60.3	Appointed	Bishop of Kericho, Kenya
24 May 2003	60.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Kericho, Kenya
14 Dec 2019	77.0	Retired	Bishop of Kericho, Kenya

MicroData Summary
Emmanuel Okombo Wandera
Bishop Emmanuel Okombo Wandera
(born 29 Nov 1942)
Bishop Emeritus of Kericho

Ad Limina - November 2007: Bishop
Ad Limina - April 2015: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Bungoma
Ordained Bishop Grounds of, Teachers Training College, Kericho, Diocese of Kericho

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Kericho.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Giovanni Tonucci
Titular Archbishop of Torcello
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Cornelius Kipng’eno Arap Korir †
Bishop of Eldoret
Bishop Norman King’oo Wambua
Bishop of Bungoma

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Giovanni Tonucci (1990)
Titular Archbishop of Torcello
Pope John Paul II (1958)
(St. Karol Józef Wojtyła †)
Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak † (1933)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop Bolesław Twardowski † (1919)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop St. Józef Bilczewski † (1901)
Archbishop of Lviv
Bishop Jan Maurycy Pawel Puzyna z Kosielsko † (1886)
Bishop of Kraków
Mieczyslaw Halka Cardinal Ledóchowski † (1861)
Archbishop of Gniezno e Poznań
Camillo Cardinal Di Pietro † (1839)
Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina
Chiarissimo Cardinal Falconieri Mellini † (1826)
Archbishop of Ravenna
Pope Leo XII (1794)
(Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola della Genga †)
Henry Benedict Mary Clement Cardinal Stuart of York † (1758)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
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: Q1338366

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 172, Number 14,399
r: Bollettino, 14 Dec 2019

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