Anthony Muheria was born on 27 May 1963, in Kaburugi Parish, in the Diocese of Muranga, in present-day
Muranga County. Between 1979 and 1980 He attended Strathmore College in Nairobi for his form five and six studies. After high school, he studied at the
University of Nairobi, graduating in 1984, with a
Bachelor of Science degree in
Civil Engineering. He worked as a civil engineer for five years and then joined
Opus Dei. He was sent to study at the
Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome, where he graduated with a degree in
Theology in 1993. He was ordained a priest on 13 June 1993. He served as a Priest of Opus Dei, until 30 October 2003. ==As bishop==