Eliud Wamukekhe Wabukala was born on in Bungoma West District, 1951 and is a Kenyan Anglican Archbishop notable as a leader in the Anglican realignment.
17 Facts About Eliud Wabukala
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Eliud Wabukala is Bishop of the Diocese of All Saints Cathedral and the fifth Primate of the Anglican Church of Kenya.
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Eliud Wabukala married for the second time at 11 May 2012, in a ceremony that took place in Mombasa.
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Eliud Wabukala went on to attend Butonge Primary School and Kolanya High School, where he completed his studies in 1969.
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Eliud Wabukala started to work as a clerical officer in the Nakuru Provincial Commissioner's office, being promoted to the level of district officer two in Narok.
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Eliud Wabukala concluded that this was not his vocation, so he returned to untrained teaching, in Kitale, in 1972.
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Eliud Wabukala entered Kaimosi Teachers College to become a qualified teacher, finishing his studies in 1974.
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Eliud Wabukala still had the obligation to work for the Teachers Service Commission, teaching at the Matulo Secondary School, in Webuye, and at the Nagina Girls High School, in Busia.
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In 1990, Eliud Wabukala received a scholarship from the Anglican Church of Canada to study at the Wycliffe College at Toronto School of Theology, of the University of Toronto, in Canada, where he became a Doctor of Philosophy in 1994.
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Eliud Wabukala left office, to be elected the first Bishop of Bungoma on 13 October 1996, remaining in office for the next 12 years.
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Eliud Wabukala was elected Archbishop of Kenya on 24 April 2009, succeeding outgoing Archbishop Benjamin Nzimbi.
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Eliud Wabukala was enthroned at All Saints Cathedral, Nairobi, on 5 July 2009.
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Eliud Wabukala was national vice-chairman of the National Council of Churches of Kenya, from 2000 to 2004, and national chairman from 2004 to 2009.
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Eliud Wabukala is the serving Chairperson of National Anti Corruption Campaign Steering Committee having been appointed by Mwai Kibaki the President of the Republic of Kenya.
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Eliud Wabukala previously served as an NACCSC Committee Member for five years.
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Eliud Wabukala is a leading name in the Anglican realignment movement, both at the Global South and the Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans, like his predecessor.
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Eliud Wabukala was the chairman of GAFCON and as such a supporter of the Anglican Church in North America admission at the Anglican Communion.