# List of archbishops of the Anglican Church of Kenya

This is a list of the Archbishops and Primates of the Anglican Church of Kenya. The Anglican presence in Kenya was initially overseen by the Church of England through the Diocese of Mauritius, established in 1854, and later through the Diocese of Eastern Equatorial Africa, created in 1884. As the Anglican Church grew, the Church of the province of East Africa was established in 1960, uniting the dioceses of Kenya and Tanganyika (now Tanzania). In 1970, the province was divided, leading to the formation of the Church of the province of Kenya and the Church of the province of Tanzania. In 1998, the Church of the province of Kenya was renamed the Anglican Church of Kenya to reflect its national identity. The current Archbishop and Primate of the Anglican Church of Kenya also serves as the bishop of the Diocese of All Saints' Cathedral in Nairobi, the primatial see of the province.

## Church of England (1854–1960)

| No. | Bishop | Took office | Left office | Diocese | Length of term |
| 1 | Vincent William Ryan | November 30, 1854 | February 24, 1869 | Mauritius | 14 years, 86 days |
| 2 | Thomas Goodwin Hatchard | February 24, 1869 | February 28, 1870 | Mauritius | 1 year, 4 days |
| 3 | Henry Constantine Huxtable | November 24, 1870 | August 11, 1871 | Mauritius | 260 days |
| 4 | Vincent William Ryan | 1872 | 1872 | Mauritius | |
| 5 | Peter Sorenson Royston | December 15, 1872 | June 24, 1884 | Mauritius | 11 years, 192 days |
| 6 | James Hannington | June 24, 1884 | February 8, 1886 | Eastern Equatorial Africa | 1 year, 229 days |
| 7 | Henry Perrott Parker | October 18, 1886 | March 26, 1888 | Eastern Equatorial Africa | 1 year, 160 days |
| 8 | Alfred Robert Tucker | April 25, 1890 | June 29, 1899 | Eastern Equatorial Africa | 9 years, 65 days |
| 9 | William George Peel | June 29, 1899 | April 15, 1916 | Mombasa | 16 years, 291 days |
| 10 | Richard Stanley Heywood | April 21, 1918 | December 31, 1935 | Mombasa | 17 years, 185 days |
| 11 | Reginald Percy Crabbe | November 30, 1936 | September 30, 1953 | Mombasa | 16 years, 337 days |
| 12 | Leonard James Beecher | February 2, 1954 | August 3, 1960 | Mombasa | 6 years, 183 days |

## Church of the Province of East Africa (1960–1970)

| No. | Archbishop | Image | Took office | Left office | Diocese | Length of term |
| 1 | Leonard James Beecher | | August 3, 1960 | August 3, 1970 | Mombasa; Nairobi | 10 years, 0 days |

## Church of the Province of Kenya (1970–1998) and Anglican Church of Kenya (1998–Present)

| No. | Presiding Bishop | Took office | Left office | Diocese | Length of term |
| 1 | Festo Habakkuk Olang' | August 3, 1970 | June 29, 1980 | Mombasa; Maseno, Maseno North; Nairobi | 9 years, 331 days |
| 2 | Manasses Kuria | June 29, 1980 | July 29, 1994 | Nakuru; Nairobi | 14 years, 30 days |
| 3 | David Mukuba Gitari | January 12, 1997 | September 16, 2002 | Mount Kenya East; Kirinyaga; Nairobi | 5 years, 247 days |
| 4 | Benjamin Paul Mwanzia Nzimbi | September 22, 2002 | September 30, 2009 | Machakos; Kitui; All Saints' Cathedral Diocese | 7 years, 8 days |
| 5 | Eliud Wamukekhe Wabukala | July 5, 2009 | June 26, 2016 | Bungoma; All Saints' Cathedral Diocese | 6 years, 357 days |
| 6 | Jackson Nasoore Ole Sapit | July 3, 2016 | — | Kericho; All Saints' Cathedral Diocese | 8 years, 86 days |