Peter J. Kairo

Peter Joseph Kairo (born 24 May 1941) is a Kenyan prelate of the Catholic Church who is he Archbishop Emeritus of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nyeri since his retirement in 2017. He has been a bishop since 1983, serving as ordinary in Muranga Diocese from 1983 to 1997, Nakuru Diocese from 1997 to 2008, and Archbishop of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Nyeri from 2008 to 2017.

Background and education He was born on 24 May 1941 at Londoners, Nakuru, in Nakuru County in the Diocese of Nakuru. He is the first born in a family of nine siblings, four sons and five daughters. He studied at St. Peter's Primary School Elburgon. He then transferred to the Mother of Apostles Minor Seminary, at Moi's Bridge. He studied Philosophy and Theology in St. Thomas Aquinas Seminary, Nairobi. He graduated from St. John Fisher University (at that time "St. John Fisher College") in Rochester, New York State, in the United States with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Religious Studies.

On 21 April 1997, Pope John Paul II appointed him the Bishop of the Diocese of Nakuru. He took possession of the diocese in August 1997. He served in Nakuru for 11 years. On 19 April 2008, Pope Benedict XVI appointed him Archbishop of Nyeri. He was installed Archbishop of Nyeri at Ruring'u Stadium in Nyeri, on 14 June 2008.