Benjamin Paul Mwanzia Nzimbi was born on 1945 and is a Kenyan Anglican archbishop.
12 Facts About Benjamin Nzimbi
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Benjamin Nzimbi was the archbishop and primate of the Anglican Church of Kenya and Bishop of the Diocese of All Saints Cathedral, from 2002 to 2009.
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Benjamin Nzimbi is married to Alice Kavula and the couple has five children.
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Benjamin Nzimbi was born into a poor family of eight children and went to attend Ithookwe Primary, Mulutu Intermediary and Kitui School.
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Benjamin Nzimbi later attended Kenyatta University, where he obtained a bachelor's degree in Education, with majors in Religion and Kiswahili.
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Benjamin Nzimbi felt his religious call then and was trained and ordained as the college chaplain.
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Benjamin Nzimbi finally decided to leave teaching to become a full-time priest.
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Benjamin Nzimbi studied for the priesthood at the Trinity and St Francis College, in Karen in 1984.
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Benjamin Nzimbi was elected the fourth archbishop and primate of Kenya and Bishop of the Diocese of All Saints Cathedral on 16 August 2002 and served from 2002 to 2009.
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Benjamin Nzimbi opposed the acceptance of non-celibate gay clergy and the blessing of same-sex unions in the United States and Canada branches of the Anglican Communion, becoming a leading name in the Anglican realignment as a member of the Global South and the Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans.
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Benjamin Nzimbi attended the GAFCON meeting in Jerusalem in 2008 and supported the creation of the Anglican Church in North America in June 2009.
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Benjamin Nzimbi was one of the Anglican Primates that attended the new church inaugural assembly in Bedford, Texas.