Bishop of Homa Bay
Michael Otieno Odiwa was born on November 11, 1962, in Sori Karungu, in the Diocese of Homa Bay. From 1972 to 1979, he attended local primary schools, while his secondary education took place at St. John’s Seminary in Rakwaro (1980–1983) and Mother of the Apostles Seminary in Eldoret (1984–1985). After a propaedeutic year at St. Mary’s Senior Seminary in the Diocese of Nakuru (1986), he pursued philosophy studies at St. Augustine’s Senior Seminary in Mabanga, Diocese of Bungoma (1987–1988), and theology studies at St. Matthias Mulumba Senior Seminary in Tindinyo, Diocese of Eldoret (1989–1992). He was ordained a priest on July 3, 1993, for the Diocese of Homa Bay. Subsequently, he held the following positions: pastoral ministry at St. Theresa’s Parish in Asumbi (1993–1997); formator at St. John’s Seminary (1997–1998); and parish priest of Our Lady of Fatima in Rakwaro (1998–2000). He studied in Rome at the Pontifical Urban University, where he obtained a Doctorate in Canon Law while residing at the St. Peter’s College (2000–2005). Furthermore, he served as: parish priest at Sacred Heart in Ang’iya (2005–2009); parish priest of St. Arnold in Nyalieng’a (2009–2012); parish priest of St. Paul’s Cathedral Parish (2012–2015); Vicar General (2007–2015); and, from 2015 to the present, as a *Fidei Donum* priest in the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Adelaide (Australia), where he also serves as Parochial Vicar of the Annunciation Church in Hectorville and Defender of the Bond for the Provincial Ecclesiastical Tribunal.