{"id":1053,"date":"2024-05-08T08:47:04","date_gmt":"2024-05-08T08:47:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/consolataafrica.org\/en\/?p=1053"},"modified":"2024-05-24T08:14:53","modified_gmt":"2024-05-24T08:14:53","slug":"mons-peter-makau-it-is-difficult-to-say-no-to-the-holy-father","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/consolataafrica.org\/en\/mons-peter-makau-it-is-difficult-to-say-no-to-the-holy-father\/","title":{"rendered":"Mons. Peter Makau: It is difficult to say no to the Holy Father"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/consolataafrica.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/19055926_1746088668740325_5908718279512041211_o-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1065\" srcset=\"https:\/\/consolataafrica.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/19055926_1746088668740325_5908718279512041211_o-1.jpg 960w, https:\/\/consolataafrica.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/19055926_1746088668740325_5908718279512041211_o-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/consolataafrica.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/19055926_1746088668740325_5908718279512041211_o-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Mons. Peter Makau, the former superior of the Consolata missionaries Kenya\/Uganda region was on May 4<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;2024 appointed by the Holy Father as the coadjutor bishop of Isiolo diocese.  In this interview he shares his sentiments of being called by the nuncio and given the news of being appointed a bishop.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>By Daniel Onyango Mkado *<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mons. Makau says that this was the most shocking news he has ever received in his life. \u201cWhen you are told that it is the Holy Father requesting, it is difficult to decline\u201d he states. For him, the call to work in Isiolo is in line with the Consolata missionary charism of working in&nbsp;<em>ad gentes<\/em>&nbsp;areas.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe God that has called me will give me the necessary graces to carry out His mission\u201d says the 49-year-old Consolata missionary. With his appointment, Mons. Makau becomes the second youngest bishop in the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mons. Peter Makau, IMC, Vescovo Coadiutore di Isiolo (Kenya)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YmRD0RaRcBc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Episcopal Ordination of Msgr Peter Makau IMC, the Coadjutor bishop-elect of the Catholic Diocese of Isiolo will take place on July 27, 2024 at St. Eusebius Cathedral grounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"819\" src=\"https:\/\/consolataafrica.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/20240516Peter-1024x819.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1102\" srcset=\"https:\/\/consolataafrica.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/20240516Peter-1024x819.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/consolataafrica.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/20240516Peter-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/consolataafrica.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/20240516Peter-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/consolataafrica.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/20240516Peter.jpg 1220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>* <em>Fr Daniel Onyango Mkado<\/em>, IMC, <em>Comunication Kenya\/Uganda Region<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mons. Peter Makau, the former superior of the Consolata missionaries Kenya\/Uganda region was on May 4th&nbsp;2024 appointed by the Holy Father as the coadjutor bishop of Isiolo diocese. In this interview he shares his sentiments of being called by the nuncio and given the news of being appointed a bishop. 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