Manasses Kuria: Difference between revisions
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| name = Manasses Kuria |
| name = Manasses Kuria |
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| title = Archbishop of Kenya, Bishop of Nairobi |
| title = Archbishop of Kenya,<br /> Bishop of [[Diocese of Nairobi|Nairobi]] |
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| term = 1980–1994 |
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| predecessor = [[Festo Olang']] |
| predecessor = [[Festo Olang']] |
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| successor = [[David Gitari]] |
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| consecration = 1970 |
| consecration = 25 April 1970 |
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| consecrated_by = [[Leonard Beecher]] |
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| birth_date = 1929 |
| birth_date = 29 July 1929 |
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| birth_place = [[Nairobi]] |
| birth_place = [[Nairobi]], [[Kenya Colony]] |
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| death_date = 2005 |
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2005|9|19|1929|7|29}} |
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| death_place = [[Nairobi]] |
| death_place = [[Nairobi]], [[Republic of Kenya]] |
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| previous_post = [[Anglican Diocese of Nakuru|Nakuru]] (asst.); II [[Anglican Diocese of Nakuru|Nakuru]] |
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==References== |
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==See also== |
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*[[List of archbishops of the Anglican Church of Kenya]] |
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Manasses Kuria | |
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| Archbishop of Kenya, Bishop of Nairobi | |
| Church | Anglican Church of Kenya |
| In office | 1980–1994 |
| Predecessor | Festo Olang' |
| Successor | David Gitari |
| Previous post(s) | Nakuru (asst.); II Nakuru |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 25 April 1970 by Leonard Beecher |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 July 1929 |
| Died | 19 September 2005 (aged 76) Nairobi, Republic of Kenya |
Manasses Kuria (29 July 1929, in Nairobi – 19 September 2005, in Nairobi) was a Kenyan Anglican archbishop. He was the second African archbishop and bishop of Nairobi in the Anglican Church of Kenya.[1][2]
Early life
Kuria was brought up by his parents at Kabuku in Limuru, Kiambu District. He first attended St. Paul's School in Limuru in 1933; in 1935 he went to Ngecha School before going to Kabete Mission School in 1938, where he took the Kenya African Preliminary Examination in 1940. [3]
At the age of 16 Kuria began a career in teaching; between 1945 and 1954 he taught at St. Peter's Wangige school, a mission school, Ngecha Junior High School and Rironi Orthodox School.[4]
Ecclesiastical career
After a profound spiritual experience in 1950, Kuria resigned from teaching and took up full-time church work. In January 1954, he enrolled in St. Paul's University, Limuru.
Kuria served as a special chaplain and then as an archdeacon, stationed in Eldoret. On April 25, 1970, he was consecrated assistant bishop of the diocese of Nakuru, by Archbishop Leonard Beecher. In January 1976, he was enthroned Bishop of the diocese of Nakuru by Archbishop Festo Olang'.
On June 29, 1980, Kuria, at the age of 51, became the second African Anglican archbishop of Kenya. By the time he retired in 1994, the number of dioceses in Kenya had increased from seven to twenty.
After retirement, he started Jehovah Jireh Children homes and schools for the education and pastoral care of poor street children.
Kuria's wife, Mary, whom he had married in 1947, died on July 6, 2002, at the age of 73. Kuria died on 19 September 2005, aged 76, in Nairobi after suffering a heart attack. Both of them were cremated at death, which was and still is unusual in their society.[5][6] They are buried at St. Johns Anglican Church, Kabuku in Limuru. Bishop Kuria's brother called Amon Mbugua was a long-time lay reader at St. John's in Kabuku.[7][8]
References
- ^ "US election reopens financial reform debate". Emerald Expert Briefings. 2016-01-05. doi:10.1108/oxan-db207643. ISSN 2633-304X.
- ^ "History – ACK NAIROBI DIOCESE". Retrieved 2020-05-24.
- ^ Musalia, Martha Wangari (2001). Archbishop Manasses Kuria: A Biography : Strong in the Storms. WordAlive Publishers. ISBN 978-9966-9710-1-2.
- ^ "Students.com". students.com. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
- ^ Eliud Miring'uh (July 9, 2002). "Kenya: Shock As Archbishop Manasses Kuria Cremates Wife". AllAfrica.com. Archived from the original on January 1, 2003. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
- ^ "Kenya: Manasses Kuria to Be Cremated in Lang'ata". September 20, 2005. Archived from the original on October 2, 2013.
- ^ "Manasses Kuria at Dictionary of African Christian Biography". Archived from the original on 2016-09-07. Retrieved 2007-06-20.
- ^ Kenya: Manasses Kuria To Be Cremated in Lang'ata, The Standard, 20 September 2005
See also
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