William Dunne (born 6 June 1920, in Delvin; died 31 March 2002) was an Irish Roman Catholic priest who served as first bishop for the Diocese of Kitui, Kenya.
Biography He was born in Devlin, Ireland, in 1920. Dunne joined the Kiltegan Fathers and was ordained a priest in 1944. Dunne arrived in Kenya in 1951Kenya St. Patrick's Missionary Society when the Kiltegan Fathers took over Kitui from the Holy Ghost Fathers. He became Prefect Apostolic of Kitui in 1956.Diocese of Kitui, Kenya www.gcatholic.org Dunne was ordained the first Bishop of Kitui in 1964.
Retiring at the age of 75 in 1995, he was succeeded by Boniface Lele as bishop. Dunne died in Nairobi Hospital on 31 March 2002.Bishop William Dunne Catholic Hierarchy
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