Sandro Ferretto and Sharon Jepng’ok during their traditional wedding ceremony in Baringo, September 6, 2026. Photo: Kenya Times
An Italian Catholic priest, Sandro Ferretto, 55, has left the priesthood and married a Kenyan woman, Sharon Jepng’ok, in a traditional ceremony in Baringo County, Kenya.
Ferretto married Jepng’ok, a Tugen woman from Baringo South, on September 6 at Seretion village, Kasiela, the same area where he served as a Catholic parish priest for 12 years.
The couple were joined through a Koito ceremony, a Kalenjin customary rite involving dowry negotiations and family blessings, with relatives, community elders, local leaders and Jepng’ok’s colleagues reportedly in attendance.
Ferretto was ordained a priest of the Diocese of Padua in Italy and began missionary work in Kenya in 2008, serving the Kasiela and Mochongoi areas under the Diocese of Nyahururu.
