William Dunne

{{Short description|Irish-born Roman Catholic priest and bishop}} {{about||the American Marxist political activist, newspaper editor and trade unionist|William F. Dunne|the Irish long-distance runner|Willie Dunne}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{use Hiberno-English|date=September 2022}} '''William Dunne''' was an Irish Roman Catholic priest who served as first bishop for the Diocese of Kitui, Kenya.

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 1951<ref>[http://www.spms.org/kenya Kenya] St. Patrick's Missionary Society</ref> when the Kiltegan Fathers took over Kitui from the Holy Ghost Fathers. He became Prefect Apostolic of Kitui in 1956.<ref>[http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/kitu0.htm Diocese of Kitui, Kenya] www.gcatholic.org</ref> 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.<ref>[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bdunnewi.html Bishop William Dunne] Catholic Hierarchy</ref>

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