Philip Arnold Subira Anyolo

Philip Arnold Subira Anyolo (born 18 May 1956) is a Kenyan prelate of the Catholic Church who has been the Archbishop of Nairobi since 2021. He has been a bishop since 1996, serving as ordinary in Kericho from 1996 to 2003, Homa Bay from 2003 to 2018, and Archbishop of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kisumu from 2019 to 2021.

Biography Philip Arnold Subira Anyolo was born on 18 May 1956 in Tongaren, Bungoma, the second of ten children born to Mzee Paul Anyolo and Mama Dina Nekesa. He attended Kakamwe primary school in Tongaren and Mother of Apostles Minor Seminary in Eldoret, St. Augustine Major Seminary in Mabanga for philosophy, and St. Thomas Aquinas in Nairobi for theology. He was ordained a deacon in 1982 and he was ordained a priest for the Catholic Diocese of Eldoret, Kenya, on 15 October 1983 by John Njenga, Bishop of Eldoret.

He served as the bishop's secretary for two and a half years while assisting with parish work. Returning then to his role as bishop's secretary, he also worked as chaplain of Moi University and was a visiting lecturer at St. Matthias Mulumba Major Seminary. He received his episcopal consecration in Kericho on 3 February 1996 He was installed on 23 May 2003.

Pope Francis named him archbishop of Kisumu on 15 November 2018 and he was installed there on 12 January 2019. He was installed there on 20 November 2021.