Philip Arnold Subira Anyolo was born on 18 May 1956 in
Tongaren,
Bungoma, the second of ten children born to Mzee Paul Anyolo and Mama Dina Nekesa. He attended Kakamwe primary school in Tongaren and Mother of Apostles Minor Seminary in Eldoret, St. Augustine Major Seminary in Mabanga for philosophy, and St. Thomas Aquinas in Nairobi for theology. He was ordained a deacon in 1982 and he was ordained a priest for the Catholic Diocese of
Eldoret, Kenya, on 15 October 1983 by
John Njenga, Bishop of Eldoret. He served as the bishop's secretary for two and a half years while assisting with parish work. Returning then to his role as bishop's secretary, he also worked as chaplain of Moi University and was a visiting lecturer at St. Matthias Mulumba Major Seminary. He received his episcopal consecration in Kericho on 3 February 1996 He was installed on 23 May 2003.
Pope Francis named him archbishop of
Kisumu on 15 November 2018 and he was installed there on 12 January 2019. He was installed there on 20 November 2021. ==References==