Nairobi, Kenya, Apr 22, 2008 / 02:41 am
The bishop of the conflict-ridden Diocese of Nakuru in Kenya was informed of his promotion to Archbishop of Nyeri in a recent surprise meeting with the apostolic nuncio in Nairobi, the Daily Nation reports.
Bishop Peter Kairo had joined the rest of the nation’s Catholic bishops in a courtesy call on the Kenyan president and prime minister. Soon after Friday’s discussions with Prime Minister Raila Odinga, the papal nuncio in Kenya sent a message to Bishop Kairo telling him he would like a meeting with him before he returned to Nakuru.
“We were only two of us at the Nuncio’s house, and when he broke the news, it was such a shock as I have never experienced as a priest and more so as a bishop,” Bishop Kairo said.
“The Nuncio just told me that Pope Benedict XVI has transferred me to Nyeri. Then he waited for my response, and I could not immediately interpret the new development.”