Appointment of bishop of Peterborough, Canada
Appointment of coadjutor bishop of Kisii, Kenya
Appointment of bishop of Peterborough, Canada
The Holy Father has appointed Bishop Wayne Lawrence Lobsinger as bishop of the diocese of Peterborough, Canada, transferring him from the titular see of Gemellae in Numidia and the office of auxiliary of Hamilton.
Curriculum vitae
Bishp Wayne Lobsinger was born on 1 December 1966 in the Region of Waterloo, Ontario. After his university studies in the Faculty of Music of Wilfrid Laurier University, he obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy from Saint Jerome’s University in Waterloo and a Master of Divinity in theology from Saint Peter’s Seminary in London, Ontario.
He was ordained a priest on 7 May 1994 for the diocese of Hamilton.
He has held the following offices: parish vicar and master of ceremonies, parish priest of the parish of Saint Anthony in Kincardine (2003-2005), parish priest of the Blessed Sacrament parish in Kitchener (2005-2012) and of the parish of Saint Thomas the Apostle in Waterdown (2012-2020), president of the Presbyteral Council (2011-2017), member of the College of Consultors and diocesan representative of the Canadian Federation of Presbyteral Councils (2011-2020), member of the Diocesan Personnel Board (2013-2016), coordinator of the Good Leaders, Good Shepherds programme (2014), episcopal vicar for Consecrated Life (2014-2020), and spiritual director at Saint Peter’s Seminary in London (2016-2020).
On 21 November 2020 he was appointed auxiliary bishop of the diocese of Hamilton, receiving episcopal ordination on 18 April 2021.
Appointment of coadjutor bishop of Kisii, Kenya
The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Father Joseph Onyango Oduor, O.S.A., until now parish priest of Santa Monica in Nyamsaria, in the archdiocese of Kisumu, as coadjutor bishop of the diocese of Kisii, Kenya.
Curriculum vitae
Msgr. Joseph Onyango Oduor, O.S.A., was born on 2 may 1977. After joining the Order of Saint Augustine in 1998 in Kenya, he completed his studies in philosophy at the Consolata Institute of Philosophy and in theology at Tangaza University in Nairobi. He subsequently undertook his novitiate in Jos, Nigeria, and was awarded a licentiate in philosophy from the Catholic University of Eastern Africa (C.U.E.A.), in Nairobi.
He made his perpetual vows on 16 October 2005, and was ordained a priest on 4 November 2006.
He has held the following offices: parish vicar (2006-2009) and subsequently parish priest of the Sacred Heart parish in Baba Dogo, Nairobi (2009-2011), prior and formator at the International Formation House of the Augustinians (Theologicum) in Nairobi (2012-2019), dean of the deanery of Kisumu (2021-2024), advisor of the Vicariate of the Augustinians in Kenya (since 2015), parish priest of Saint Monica in Nyamsaria, Kisumu (since 2020), and member of the College of Consultors of the archdiocese of Kisumu (since 2024).
