Bishop of Embu
Msgr. Peter Kimani Ndung’u was born on 11 November 1966 in Githunguri, district of Kiambu, in the archdiocese of Nairobi. After the preparatory year at Saint Mary’s Major Seminary in Molo, he carried out his studies in philosophy at the Apostles of Jesus Major Seminary of Nairobi, and in theology at the Saint Thomas Aquinas Major Seminary of Nairobi. He was ordained a priest on 22 July 1995 for the archdiocese of Nairobi. After ordination, he first held the roles of assistant at Saints Peter and Paul in Kiambu (1995-1999), parish priest of Holy Rosary in Kamwangi (1999-2001), and since 2001, national chaplain of the Kenya Prisons Service. He was awarded a diploma in information technology (2002) and a diploma in psychological accompaniment for the rehabilitation of prisoners (2003), with a subsequent refresher (2015) at the United Nations Asia and Far East Institute for the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders (UNAFEI). He went on to serve as representative for Africa of the International Commission of Catholic Prison Pastoral Care (ICCPPC) (since 2008).