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Ruling Bishops
==Ruling Bishops==
* [[George (Gathuna) of Nitria |George (Gathuna)]] (1973 &mdash; 1979)<ref>''[http://www.orthodoxresearchinstitute.org/hierarchs/alexandria/bios/bio_george_gathuna_bishop_nitria.html GEORGE (Gathuna), Bishop of Nitria].'' Orthodox Research Institute. Retrieved: 2013-04-19.</ref><ref group="note">On November 30th 1979 Bishop George (Arthur) Gathuna was defrocked, caused by what he called a problem of leadership and authority. However, the Patriarchate accused him of a lack of vision. Following his defrocking Bishop George (Arthur) Gathuna joined a schismatic group under a bishop in Greece that followed the old calendar (Metropolitan Cyprian of Oropos and Fili - [[Holy Synod in Resistance]]). Several other Orthodox Christians in Kenya followed him. On July 16, 1987, the defrocked Bishop George (Arthur) Gathuna reposed, and his burial was attended by Metropolitan Cyprianos from the Old Calendar Orthodox Church of Greece. Eventually however, the schism was healed, and on [[November 1]], 2006, Bishop George (Arthur) Gathuna of Nitria (first Bishop of Kenya and the first Kenyan Missionary to the people of Bunyore) was reinstated posthumously by Patriarch [[Theodoros II (Choreftakis) of Alexandria|Theodoros II]] and the Holy Synod of the Patriarchate of Alexandria.</ref>
* [[Irenaeus (Talambekos) of Pilousion|Irenaeus (Talambekos)]] 1994 &mdash; 1996
* [[Petros (Giakoumelos) of Aksum|Petros (Giakoumelos)]] (1996 &mdash; 1997)* [[Seraphim (Kykkotis) of Zimbabwe|Seraphim (Kykkotis)]] (1997 &mdash; 2001)* [[Makarios (Tillyrides) of Kenya|Makarios (Tillyrides)]] (2001 &mdash; Present )
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