Longinus Atundo

The Most Reverend

Longinus Atundo
Bishop of Bungoma, Kenya (Deceased)
ChurchCatholic Church
ArchdioceseRoman Catholic Archdiocese of Kisumu
SeeBungoma
Appointed27 April 1987
Installed28 June 1987
PredecessorNone
SuccessorNorman King'oo Wambua
Orders
Ordination30 December 1964
Consecration28 June 1987
by Jozef Cardinal Tomko
Personal details
BornLonginus Atundo
(1936-01-04)January 4, 1936
Lung'anyiro, Kakamega County, Kenya
Died15 November 1996(1996-11-15) (aged 60)
Kenya

Longinus Atundo (4 January 1936 - 15 November 1996) was a Kenyan Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bungoma, Kenya from 1987 until his death in 1996. He was appointed bishop on 27 April 1987 by Pope John Paul II. He died in office on 15 November 1996 at the age of 60 years.

Early life and education

He was born in Lunganyiro, Kakamega County in the Diocese of Kakamega in Kenya. He attended primary and school in Kenya. After studying philosophy and Theology, he was ordained a priest in 1964.[1]

Priest

He was ordained priest on 30 December 1964. He served in that capacity until 27 April 1987.[1]

Bishop

On 27 April 1987 The Holy Father John Paul II appointed him Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bungoma, a new diocese that was created on the same day. He was consecrated and installed at Bungoma on 28 June 1987 by the hands of Jozef Cardinal Tomko, Cardinal-Deacon of Gesù Buon Pastore alla Montagnola assisted by Cardinal Maurice Michael Otunga, Archbishop of Nairobi and Bishop Philip Sulumeti, Bishop of Kakamega.[1]

While bishop at Bungoma, he invited three sisters of the Arundel Community from the United Kingdom, to travel to the diocese in 1991. The nuns were offered land near the village of Myanga by a local family. After further consultations, the sisters settled in Myanga and supervised the building of a Monastery there. On 19 July 2001 a newly built chapel which was consecrated there.[2]

He died in office on 15 November 1996, at the age of 60 years, two months shy of his 61st birthday.[1] He is buried inside the Bungoma Catholic Cathedral at Bungoma, Kenya.[3]

See also

Succession table

References

  1. ^ a b c d David M. Cheney (25 February 2024). "MicroData Summary for Bishop Longinus Atundo (born 4 January 1936; died 15 November 1996), Bishop of Bungoma". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Kansas City. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
  2. ^ PCAO (2014). "Clare in Kenya: Monastery of Our Lady of Light, Myanga". Poor Clare Arundel Organization (PCAO). United Kingdom. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
  3. ^ Hilary Kimuyu (2 April 2020). "100 to attend Ndingi Mwana a'Nzeki's funeral at Basilica". Nairobi News. Nairobi, Kenya. Retrieved 28 January 2025.

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