Emily Onyango
Kenyan Anglican priest
Summary
Emily Awino Onyango is a Kenyan priest and the first female Anglican bishop in Kenya. She is also the first woman bishop in the Anglican Church in East and Central Africa. Prior to becoming a bishop, she taught theology at St. Paul's University in Limuru, Kenya. She attended the founding conference for the Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians in Ghana in 1989, and is a member of the Kenyan chapter of the Circle.
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