Vatican City, Jul 14, 2005 / 22:00 pm
The Vatican has announced that Bishop Luigi Locati, Apostolic vicar of Isiolo (Kenya) was shot dead as he returned home from a parish center last night.
Both local police and the Vatican say they are still trying to find out why the 76-year old bishop--an Italian--was killed.
Bishop Locati was named head of the Diocese of Zica nine years ago and had presented his resignation two years ago having reached the official retirement age. He was still awaiting a successor.
Reports say the prelate died about an hour and a half after being shot in the northern town of Isiolo, about 155 miles from Kenya’s capital, Nairobi.