Diocese of Eldoret
| Diocese of Eldoret | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Kenya |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Kisumu |
| Diocesan bishop | Dominic Kimengich |
| founding | 1959 |
| surface | 9,254 km² |
| Parishes | 55 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 2,206,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 510,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 23.1% |
| Diocesan priest | 90 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 18 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 4,722 |
| Friars | 33 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 218 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | St. Joseph Cathedral |
| Website | http://www.cdekenya.org/ |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Eldoret ( lat. : Dioecesis Eldoretensis ) is in Kenya located diocese of the Roman Catholic Church , based in Eldoret .
history
Pope Pius XII founded the Apostolic Prefecture Eldoret on June 29, 1953 out of territory from the diocese of Kisumu . With the Apostolic Constitution Christianorum Societas it was raised to a diocese on October 13, 1959 and 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.
It lost parts of its territory in favor of the establishment of the following dioceses:
- January 11, 1968 to the Apostolic Prefecture of Lodwar and the Diocese of Nakuru ;
- April 3, 1998 to the Diocese of Kitale .
territory
The diocese of Eldoret includes the districts of Nandi , Uasin Gishu , Keiyo and Marakwet in the Rift Valley Province .
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of Eldoret
- Joseph Brendan Houlihan SPS (January 29, 1954– October 13, 1959)
Bishops of Eldoret
- Joseph Brendan Houlihan SPS (October 13, 1959 - October 19, 1970)
- John Njenga (October 19, 1970 - October 25, 1988, then Bishop of Mombasa)
- Cornelius Kipng'eno Arap Korir (April 2, 1990 - October 30, 2017)
- Dominic Kimengich (since November 16, 2019)
statistics
| year | population | priest | Permanent deacons | Religious | Parishes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catholics | Residents | % | Total number | Diocesan priest | Religious priest | Catholics per priest | Friars | Religious sisters | |||
| 1970 | 107.160 | 1,150,000 | 9.3 | 50 | 25th | 25th | 2.143 | 35 | 24 | 12 | |
| 1980 | 188,000 | 2,415,000 | 7.8 | 65 | 13 | 52 | 2,892 | 64 | 104 | 35 | |
| 1990 | 399.200 | 2,526,000 | 15.8 | 73 | 36 | 37 | 5,468 | 52 | 217 | 40 | |
| 1999 | 300,000 | 1,278,465 | 23.5 | 58 | 39 | 19th | 5,172 | 35 | 146 | 35 | |
| 2000 | 341,000 | 1,482,000 | 23.0 | 53 | 38 | 15th | 6,433 | 37 | 150 | 35 | |
| 2001 | 351,000 | 1,485,950 | 23.6 | 54 | 40 | 14th | 6,500 | 36 | 164 | 36 | |
| 2002 | 355,000 | 1,490,340 | 23.8 | 62 | 48 | 14th | 5,725 | 36 | 167 | 36 | |
| 2003 | 367.200 | 1,530,000 | 24.0 | 62 | 49 | 13 | 5,922 | 36 | 179 | 37 | |
| 2004 | 375.965 | 1,560,600 | 24.1 | 69 | 56 | 13 | 5,448 | 39 | 178 | 37 | |
| 2006 | 401.703 | 1,623,648 | 24.7 | 66 | 53 | 13 | 6,086 | 36 | 213 | 39 | |