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Luigi Locati
Vicar Apostolic of Isiolo
Church	Catholic Church
See	Apostolic Vicariate of Isiolo
In office	15 December 1995 – 14 July 2005
Predecessor	Vicariate established
Successor	Anthony Ireri Mukobo
Other post	Titular Bishop of Zica (1995-2005)
Orders
Ordination	29 June 1952 by Francesco Imberti
Consecration	4 February 1996 by Jozef Tomko
Personal details
Born	(1928-07-23)23 July 1928 Vinzaglio, Province of Novara, Kingdom of Italy
Died	14 July 2005(2005-07-14) (aged 76) Isiolo, Eastern Province, Kenya

Luigi Locati (23 July 1928 – 14 July 2005) was an Italian Catholic missionary and bishop. He was shot to death at the pastoral center of Isiolo, Kenya. Two priests were arrested in connection to his murder. Peter Malley Guyo Wako was convicted, while Cyril Mukuchia was released due to lack of evidence.

Biography

Born in the village Vinzaglio in northern Italy, he was ordained as priest on 29 June 1952. In the 1960s he came to Kenya as a missionary and worked as a parish priest in Isiolo. On 15 December 1995, he was appointed as vicar apostolic of the newly created Vicariate Apostolic of Isiolo, Kenya, and titular bishop of Zica. In Isiolo he knew Annalena Tonelli, an Italian woman who was also a missionary and was killed in Africa in 2003.