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Rev Dr Emily Onyango appointed first woman bishop of the Anglican Church of Kenya
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Derrick Oluoch | January 14th 2021 at 01:00:00 GMT +0300
Rev Dr Emily Onyango of ACK Diocese of Bondo (Courtesy)
The Anglican Church of Kenya (ACK) finally appoints a female assistant bishop after decades of the church’s existence. Rev Dr Emily Onyango, ACK’s longest serving female clergy, becomes the first woman to hold such a senior position in the church.
Rev Dr Onyango was appointed during the Synod of the Diocese of Bondo, Siaya County, where she has been a priest and canon, and she will deputise Rt Rev Prof David Kodia. The Synod is the Supreme Council of the Anglican Church which meets once every three years.