Obed Muriungi Karobia

Obed Muriungi Karobia O.F.M. (born 29 June 1979) is a Kenyan Catholic prelate who was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nairobi in Kenya on 26 March 2026. He was contemporaneously assigned as Titular Bishop of Thimida. Before that, from 28 July 2012 until his appointment as bishop, he served as a priest of the Order of Friars Minor Conventual, a Catholic religious order. He was appointed bishop by Pope Leo XIV. His episcopal consecration took place on 6 May 2026.

Background and education He was born on 29 June 1979 at Meru, Diocese of Meru, Meru County, in Kenya. He studied philosophy at Saint Bonaventure University College in Lusaka, Zambia. He graduated with a Bachelor's degree in theology from Tangaza University College in Kenya (at that time a constituent college of the Catholic University of Eastern Africa). As of April 2026, he is a registered Doctor of Philosophy candidate in psychology at Daystar University, Nairobi, Kenya.

Priest He took his preliminary vows as a member of the Order of Friars Minor Conventual (O.F.M.) on 24 July 2004. He took his perpertual vows for the same religious order on 10 October 2010. He was ordained a priest for his religious order on 28 July 2012. He served as a priest until 26 March 2026. While a priest, he served in various roles and locations, including: