Pope Francis has appointed Rt. Rev. Wallace Ng’ang’a as the new Bishop of the Military Ordinariate and Rev. Fr. Peter Kimani Ndungu as the Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Embu.
The appointments have officially been announced by L’Osservatore Romano in Rome and were conveyed to the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) by His Excellency Archbishop Bert van Megen, the Apostolic Nuncio to Kenya and South Sudan.
Until his appointment, Bishop Nganga was the Auxiliary Bishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Nairobi following his Apostolic Ordination and Installation on 6th April this year.
He was appointed Bishop on 14th February 2024 and he is currently serving at the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) as the Chairman of the Commission for Social Communications and Vice Chairman of the Commission for Pastoral and Lay Apostolate.
Bishop Wallace began his spiritual journey at St. Mary’s Molo Seminary in 1996 for his Spiritual Year.
Subsequently, from 1997 to 1998, he pursued his philosophical studies at St. Augustine Major Seminary Mabanga. His theological studies took place from 1999 to 2003 at St. Mathias Mulumba Major Seminary in Eldoret. Additionally, he holds a Masters in Pastoral Theology from the Catholic University of Eastern Africa (C.U.E.A).