obedience calls.

The only Kenyan priest in the Sacramento diocese is heading home after almost three years as associate pastor at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church.

The Rev. Patrick Gitonga Nyaga said he would love to stay in the area but obedience calls.

“It’s home and that’s giving me consolation,” he said.

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