Pope Francis has appointed Norman King'oo as Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Machakos.
King'oo who was in the Catholic Diocese of Bungoma was transferred due to the new changes announced by the Pope on June 22.
Being the chairman of the National Family Life at the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops, King'oo has served in Bungoma Diocese for approximately 20 years.
He was appointed a Bishop at the Catholic Diocese of Bungoma in June 1998 and ordained in August 1998 by the then Apostolic Nuncio to Kenya Cardinal Joseph Tumko.
Machakos Diocese fell vacant in December 2014 when Bishop Martin Kivuva who was the Bishop there was elevated to Archbishop of Mombasa Archdiocese.
Since then, the Diocese has been shepherded by Nyeri Archbishop Anthony Muheria who has been the Apostolic administrator.
Pope Francis said he will be making several significant changes at the Vatican in the next few weeks and months to bring in fresh faces with new ideas and promote others as part of his push to reform the Catholic Church.
He disclosed his decisions in a sit-down interview at his residence during which he spoke of migration, freedom of the press, sexual abuse and role of women in the church.
Pope also decided that the office of papal charities or the Pope's Almoner will henceforth be headed by a cardinal, the highest position in the church after the Pope himself.