26/03/2026
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The Holy Father has appointed Msgr. Obed Muriungi Karobia, OFM Conv., as the new Auxiliary Bishop of Nairobi. In an announcement made today by the Holy See Press Office, the member of the Order of Friars Minor Conventual (OFM Conv.) will, upon his episcopal ordination, assist Most Rev. Philip Anyolo, Archbishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Nairobi, in the pastoral governance of the Archdiocese, alongside Auxiliary Bishop David Kamau.
Fr. Obed Muriungi Karobia was born in Meru, Kenya, on June 29, 1979. He made his simple profession on July 24, 2004, his solemn profession on October 10, 2010, and was ordained to the priesthood on July 28, 2012.
As a member of the Franciscan Conventuals, Msgr. Obed was elected the first Minister Provincial of the newly established Province of St. Francis of Assisi in Kenya in September 2019. Until his appointment, he has been serving as the Supreme Moderator of the Franciscan Servants of Mary Queen of Love Fraternity, a religious community of priests and brothers.
Prior to being appointed the first Superior of the Province in Kenya, the 46-year-old friar also served as the Vocations Promoter for the Conventual Franciscan Friars in Kenya.
He becomes the first Conventual Franciscan friar and missionary to be appointed a bishop in Kenya since the Order established its inaugural mission in the country in 1984, with its foundation in Ruiri, Meru.