Festo Olang'

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The Most Reverend Festo Olang’
Archbishop of Kenya, Bishop of Nairobi
Festo Olang', First Archbishop of Kenya
Church	Church of the Province of Kenya
Elected	1970
Installed	1970
Retired	1980
Predecessor	Leonard Beecher, as Archbishop of East Africa
Successor	Manasses Kuria
Previous post(s)	Mombasa (asst.; suffr.); I Maseno; I Maseno North
Personal details
Born	c. 1914 Maseno, East Africa Protectorate
Died	3 February 2004(2004-02-03) (aged 89–90) Nairobi, Republic of Kenya
Spouse	Eseri Twera ​ ​ (m. 1937; died 1997)​
Children	12
Education	St. Paul's Divinity School, Limuru Wycliffe Hall, University of Oxford
Ordination history
History Diaconal ordination Ordained by Reginald Crabbe Date 1945 Place Cathedral of the Highlands, Diocese of Mombasa Priestly ordination Ordained by Reginald Crabbe Date 1950 Place Cathedral of the Highlands, Diocese of Mombasa Episcopal consecration Principal consecrator Geoffrey Fisher Co-consecrators Oliver Allison, Leonard Beecher, Alfred Stanway, Leslie Brown, Lucian Usher-Wilson, Ebenezer Dimieari, William Baker, Aberi Balya, Jim Brazier, Festo Lutaya, Stephen Tomusange, and Cyril Stuart Date 15 March 1955 Place Saint Paul's Cathedral Namirembe, Diocese of Uganda

Festo Habakkuk Olang’ (c. 1914 – 3 February 2004, in Nairobi) was a Kenyan Anglican archbishop. He was born in Ebusakami Esabalu village. In 1925 he began attending Kisumu Primary School, then called Komulo School. In 1927, he sat for the Common Entrance Examination at Maseno School and was admitted in 1928. He studied there for three years but found it quite a traumatic experience to be away from home, having to conform to the school regulations and dress code. However, he was greatly helped and influenced by the headmaster of Maseno School and famous mathematician, Mr. Edward Carey Francis. Olang’s faith in Jesus Christ grew and was strengthened under his guidance and, like many of the 300 boys at the school, Olang’ taught at Sunday schools in the area each Sunday, after learning how to give the lesson under Mr. Francis’s tutelage each week. Olang’ taught Luhya speaking groups and was also encouraged to plant trees around the village churches.