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New Anglican head in Kenya opposed to abortion and homosexuality
2002-196-3
8/28/2002
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[Episcopal News Service]
Bishop Benjamin Nzimbi, who will be consecrated as the new head of the Anglican church in Kenya on September 22, is socially conservative and known to be vehemently opposed to homosexuality and abortion.
Currently bishop of Kitui diocese in eastern Kenya, Nzimbi, unlike his predecessor, Archbishop David Gitari, does not have a reputation for being politically outspoken.
Nzimbi was declared the new Anglican archbishop on August 16 after a two-thirds majority vote in an election which took place at Nairobi's All Saints Cathedral. After his election, Nzimbi told ENI 'any new ideas should be theologically sound. We want the church to be the church.'
Like Archbishop Livingstone Mpalanyi-Nkoyoyo of neighboring Uganda, Nzimbi is vehemently opposed to homosexuality and abortion. 'My leadership will follow the authority of the scriptures,' he said in an ENI interview.
The new archbishop becomes the fourth head of the Anglican Church of Kenya and will be enthroned when Gitari formally retires in September. Married with five children, Nzimbi was first ordained in 1985 as the Bishop of Machakos, before moving to Kitui.
'I know I have a lot of challenges on the road ahead,' he said.
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