# List of bishops of the Anglican Church of Kenya

This list consists of the bishops in the Anglican Church of Kenya (ACK), which is part of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The list includes the sequence of consecration, the dioceses they served, and other relevant details. It begins with the earliest bishops appointed by the Church of England before the establishment of the independent Anglican Church of Kenya. This list reflects the development and leadership transitions within the Anglican Church of Kenya, emphasizing the role of the bishops in shaping the church's direction, both during the colonial period and in independent Kenya.

## Chart of bishop succession

* Archbishop
* Diocesan bishop (Ordinary)
* Suffragan bishop
* Coadjutor bishop
* Provisional bishop
* Assistant bishop
* Bishop pro tempore
The Roman numeral before the diocese name represents where in the sequence that bishop falls; e.g., the fourth bishop of Mombasa is written "IV Mombasa". Where a diocese is in bold type it indicates that the bishop is a current bishop of that diocese.

### 1–100

| No. | Bishop | Consecrators | Date | Diocese | Notes |
| 1 | Vincent William Ryan | John Bird Sumner, John Lonsdale, John Graham, George Tomlinson | November 30, 1854 | I Mauritius – Suffolk (archdcn.) – Craven (archdcn.) – Ripon (comm.) | First Anglican bishop in the region, overseeing from Mauritius. Returned on a special mission in 1872. |
| 2 | Thomas Goodwin Hatchard | Archibald Campbell Tait, George Augustus Selwyn | February 24, 1869 | II Mauritius | Died in office. |
| 3 | Henry Constantine Huxtable | | November 24, 1870 | III Mauritius | Died in office. |
| 4 | Peter Sorenson Royston | | December 15, 1872 | IV Mauritius – Liverpool (asst.) | |
| 5 | James Hannington | Edward White Benson | June 24, 1884 | I Eastern Equatorial Africa | Martyred in Uganda; first bishop of the Diocese of Eastern Equatorial Africa. |
| 6 | Henry Perrott Parker | Edward White Benson, Frederick Temple, Harvey Goodwin, 4, Graham Ingham, George Moule | October 18, 1886 | II Eastern Equatorial Africa | |
| 7 | Alfred Robert Tucker | Edward White Benson | April 25, 1890 | III Eastern Equatorial Africa – I Uganda – Durham (can.) | |
| 8 | William George Peel | Frederick Temple | June 29, 1899 | I Mombasa | First Bishop of Mombasa, serving until his death in 1916. |
| 9 | Richard Stanley Heywood | James Palmer | April 21, 1918 | II Mombasa – Coventry (asst.) | |
| 10 | Reginald Percy Crabbe | Cosmo Gordon Lang | November 30, 1936 | III Mombasa – Portsmouth (asst.) | Oversaw the diocese during the pre-independence era. |
| 11 | Leonard James Beecher | | 1954 | IV Mombasa | First Archbishop of the province of East Africa, also Bishop of Nairobi (1964–1970). |
| 12 | Festo Habakkuk Olang' | | 1955 | V Mombasa | Assistant Bishop for Western Kenya; became first Bishop of Maseno. |
| 13 | Obadiah Kariuki | | 1955 | V Mombasa | Assistant Bishop for Central and Eastern Kenya; became first Bishop of Fort Hall. |
| 14 | Peter Mwang’ombe | | 1964 | VI Mombasa | Bishop of Mombasa from 1964 until his resignation in 1981. |
| 14 | Crispus Nzano | | 1981 | VII Mombasa | Previously assistant bishop; served until 1994. |
| 15 | Alexander Muge | | 1983 | I Eldoret | First Bishop of Eldoret, consecrated from Nakuru diocese. |
| 16 | Benjamin Paul Mwanzia Nzimbi | | 1985 | I Machakos | First Bishop of Machakos, later became Archbishop. |
| 17 | Stephen Kewasis | | 1992 | I Kitale | First Bishop of Kitale, previously served as Bishop of Eldoret. |
| 18 | Julius Kalu | | 1994 | VIII Mombasa | |
| 19 | Thomas Kogo | | 1997 | II Eldoret | |
| 20 | Josephat Mule | | 2002 | I Machakos - II Kitui | |
| 21 | Rob Martin | | 2008 | I Marsabit | Suffragan for Marsabit Mission Area, later became diocesan Bishop of Marsabit. |
| 22 | Bill Atwood | | 2007 | I International Diocese (ACNA) | Suffragan Bishop, later became diocesan Bishop of the International Diocese of ACNA. |
| 23 | Cleti Ogeto | | 2007 | I Lodwar | |
| 24 | David Mutisya | | 2007 | I Garissa | |
| 25 | Joel Waweru | | 2010 | V Nairobi | |
| 26 | Joseph Muchai | | 2012 | II Nakuru | |
| 27 | Gadiel Lenini | | 2012 | II Kajiado | |
| 28 | Joseph Mutungi | | 2013 | I Makueni | |
| 29 | Francis Mboya Matui | | 2016 | II Makueni | |
| 30 | Ernest Ng'eno | | 2016 | I Kericho | First Bishop of Kericho after its creation from Nakuru diocese. |
| 31 | Jacob Lesuuda | | 2015 | I Maralal | |
| 32 | Paul Korir | | 2016 | I Kapsabet | |
| 33 | Emmanuel Chemengich | | 2018 | II Kitale | |
| 34 | Liverson Mng'onda | | 2016 | II Taita-Taveta | |
| 35 | Lawrence Dena | | 2015 | IX Malindi | First Bishop of Malindi, previously assistant bishop of Mombasa. |