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” Bishop John Oballa flanked by St Peters Seminary Alumni soon after celebrating mass at the St Jospeh's Cathedral to mark his 40 years as a priest, his birthday and 14 years as the Catholic Bishop of Ngong on August 28, 2026.

John Oballa, the Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Ngong, also marked 14 years as a Catholic bishop, a journey that has taken him from Ahero to Rome, where he spent six years studying Canon Law, earning a PhD at the Pontifical Urban University.

Bishop John Oballa Owaa puts on a mitre that was gifted to him as he marked his 68th birthday and 40 years as a priest, 14 years as the Bishop of Ngong on August 28, 2026 at St Joseph's Cathedral-Ngong.