[Anglican Communion News Service] The second woman to be ordained a priest in the Anglican Church of Kenya, Canon Emily Awino Onyango, has been appointed to serve as assistant bishop in the Diocese of Bondo. In doing so, she becomes the first female Anglican bishop in east and central Africa.

Onyango’s appointment was unanimously approved by special synod of the diocese, which was presided over by the bishop of Bondo, David Kodia.

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