| Type: | Bishop |
| Honorific Prefix: | His Excellency, The Most Reverend |
| Joseph Mwongela | |
| Bishop | |
| Church: | Roman Catholic Church |
| Archdiocese: | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nairobi |
| See: | Roman Catholic Diocese of Kitui |
| Appointed: | 17 March 2020 |
| Successor: | Incumbent |
| Ordination: | 7 September 1996 |
| Consecration: | 29 August 2020 |
| Consecrated By: | Hubertus Matheus Maria van Megen |
| Rank: | Bishop |
| Birth Name: | Joseph Maluki Mwongela |
| Birth Date: | 7 April 1968 |
| Birth Place: | Kakumi, Kitui County |
| Joseph Mwongela | |
| Dipstyle: | |
Joseph Maluki Mwongela (born 7 April 1968) is a Kenyan Roman Catholic prelate who serves as Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kitui. He was appointed as bishop of Kitui on 17 March 2020.[1] [2]
Joseph Mwongela was born on 7 April 1968, in Kakumi Village, in the Diocese of Kitui, in present-day Kitui County. He was ordained a priest on 7 September 1996. He served as a priest of the Diocese of Kitui, until 17 March 2020.[1]
Mwongela was appointed Bishop of Kitui on 17 March 2020 and was consecrated a bishop at Kitui on 29 August 2020 by Archbishop Hubertus Matheus Maria van Megen, Titular Archbishop of Novaliciana and Papal Nuncio to Kenya at that time, assisted by Cardinal John Njue, Archbishop of Archdiocese of Nairobi and Archbishop Anthony Muheria, Archbishop of Archdiocese of Nyeri.[1]
Bishop Mwongela succeeds as bishop of the Kitui Diocese from Archbishop Anthony Muheria, of Nyeri Archdiocese, who was the apostolic administrator over Kitui diocese after he was transferred by the Pope to the Archdiocese of Nyeri in April 2017.[2] [3]