Bungoma diocese
Bungoma diocese | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Kenya |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Kisumu |
Diocesan bishop | Sedis vacancy |
founding | 1987 |
surface | 4,540 km² |
Parishes | 31 (31.12.2015 / AP2016 ) |
Residents | 2,112,000 ( 12/31/2015 / AP2016 ) |
Catholics | 679,000 (December 31, 2015 / AP2016 ) |
proportion of | 32.1% |
Diocesan priest | 69 (31.12.2015 / AP2016 ) |
Religious priest | 2 (31.12.2015 / AP2016 ) |
Catholics per priest | 9,563 |
Friars | 12 (31.12.2015 / AP2016 ) |
Religious sisters | 72 (31.12.2015 / AP2016 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language |
Swahili English |
cathedral | Cathedral of Christ the King |
The Diocese of Bungoma ( lat. : Dioecesis Bungomaënsis ) is in Kenya situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Bungoma . It includes the counties of Bungoma and Busia .
history
Pope John Paul II founded it with the Apostolic Constitution Pari ut passa on April 27, 1987 from cession of territory by the Diocese of Kakamega and it was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Nairobi as a suffragan diocese.
On May 21, 1990, it became part of the ecclesiastical province of the Archdiocese of Kisumu .
Bishops of Bungoma
- Longinus Atundo (April 27, 1987– November 15, 1996, died)
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Norman King'oo Wambua , (June 27, 1998– June 23, 2018, then Bishop of Machakos )
- Sedis vacancy since June 23, 2018
See also
Web links
- Entry for Bungoma diocese on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Entry on Bungoma diocese on gcatholic.org (English)