Bishop John Kiplimo Lelei

Bishop of Kapsabet, Kenya

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
15 Aug 1958		Born
26 Oct 1985	27.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Eldoret, Kenya
27 Mar 2024	65.6	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Eldoret, Kenya
27 Mar 2024	65.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Mons in Numidia
25 May 2024	65.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Mons in Numidia
10 Jul 2025	66.9	Appointed	Bishop of Kapsabet, Kenya
30 Aug 2025	67.0	Installed	Bishop of Kapsabet, Kenya

MicroData Summary
John Kiplimo Lelei
Bishop John Kiplimo Lelei
(born 15 Aug 1958)
Bishop of Kapsabet

Event Place
Birth Place Soy, Prefecture Apostolic of Eldoret
Ordained Bishop Grounds of, Mother of Apostles, Seminary, Eldoret, Diocese of Eldoret

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Kapsabet.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Hubertus Matheus Maria van Megen
Titular Archbishop of Novaliciana
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Maurice Muhatia Makumba
Archbishop of Kisumu
Bishop Dominic Kimengich
Bishop of Eldoret

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Hubertus Matheus Maria van Megen (2014)
Titular Archbishop of Novaliciana
Pietro Cardinal Parolin (2009)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Simone e Giuda Taddeo a Torre Angela
Pope Benedict XVI (1977)
(Joseph Ratzinger †)
Bishop Josef Stangl † (1957)
Bishop of Würzburg
Archbishop Josef Schneider † (1955)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Joseph Cardinal Wendel † (1941)
Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}
Bishop Ludwig Sebastian † (1917)
Bishop of Speyer
Archbishop Johann Jakob von Hauck † (1912)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Bishop Ferdinand von Schlör † (1898)
Bishop of Würzburg
Archbishop Joseph von Schork † (1891)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Bishop Franz Joseph von Stein † (1879)
Bishop of Würzburg
Archbishop Friedrich Josef von Schreiber † (1875)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Archbishop Gregor (Leonhard Andreas) von Scherr, O.S.B. † (1856)
Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}
Archbishop Antonio Saverio De Luca † (1845)
Titular Archbishop of Tarsus
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Event	Place
Birth Place	Soy, Prefecture Apostolic of Eldoret
Ordained Bishop	Grounds of, Mother of Apostles, Seminary, Eldoret, Diocese of Eldoret

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q125169543

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 27 Mar 2024
ob.loc: CB, 18 May 2024
ob: CB, 21 May 2024
c2+: CB, 25 May 2024
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 260, Number 21,492
ab: Bollettino, 10 Jul 2025
i: CB, 11 Jul 2025

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