Dominic Kimengich

Dominic Kimengich (born 23 April 1961) is a Kenyan Catholic prelate who was appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Mombasa in Kenya on 28 January 2026. Before that, from 16 November 2019 until 28 January 2026, he was the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Eldoret in Kenya. Prior to that, from 5 March 2011 until 16 November 2019, he was the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lodwar in Kenya. From 20 March 2010 until 5 March 2011, he was auxiliary bishop of Lodwar and concurrently Titular Bishop of Tanaramusa. He was appointed bishop on 20 March 2010 by Pope Benedict XVI. He was consecrated bishop on 22 May 2010. He succeeded Bishop Patrick Joseph Harrington at Lodwar on 5 March 2011, when Bishop Harrington resigned. On 16 November 2019, Pope Francis transferred him to Eldoret and made him the Local Ordinary there. He was installed at Eldoret on 1 February 2020. While bishop of Eldoret, he contemporaneously served as Apostolic Administrator of the diocese of Lodwar from 1 February 2020 until 4 June 2022.

Background and education Dominic Kimengich was born on 23 April 1961, at Kituro Village, near the current Saint Joseph The Worker Parish in Kituro, Baringo County, Diocese of Nakuru, in Kenya. He studied philosophy at Saint Augustine Major Seminary in Mabanga, Bungoma County. He then studied theology at Saint Thomas Aquinas Major Seminary in Nairobi. He holds a Licentiate and a Doctorate in Canon Law, awarded by the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome, Italy.

Priest On 14 September 1986, he was ordained a priest for the Catholic Diocese of Nakuru. He served as priest until 20 March 2010.

On 16 November 2019, Pope Francis transferred Bishop Dominic Kimengich from Lodwar to Eldoret and appointed him the bishop there. He succeeded Bishop Cornelius Kipng'eno Arap Korir, the previous local ordinary who died in office on 30 October 2017. Bishop Kimengich was installed at Eldoret on 1 February 2020.

While bishop at Eldoret, he was appointed apostolic administrator of the diocese of Lodwar on 1 February 2020. That administratorship ceased on 4 June 2022, the day Bishop John Mbinda was installed as the new local ordinary at Lodwar.

On 28 January 2026, Pope Leo XIV transferred him to the Archidiocese of Mombasa and appointed him Coadjutor Archbishop there. He is expected to work with and assist Archbishop Martin Kivuva Musonde, who has about one year left before he attains the mandatory retirement age of 75 years. Archbishop Kimengich has the right to succeed at Mombasa, when that position falls vacant in the future.