Diocese of Embu
| Diocese of Embu | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Kenya |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Nyeri |
| Diocesan bishop | Paul Kariuki Njiru |
| founding | 1986 |
| surface | 2,714 km² |
| Parishes | 16 ( 12/31/2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Residents | 542,000 (December 31, 2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Catholics | 328,000 (December 31, 2006 / AP2007 ) |
| proportion of | 60.5% |
| Diocesan priest | 47 ( 12/31/2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Religious priest | 8 (December 31, 2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 5,964 |
| Friars | 11 ( 12/31/2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Religious sisters | 92 ( 12/31/2006 / AP2007 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | Sts. Peter and Paul Cathedral |
| address | Bishop's House, PO Box 1499, 60100 Embu, Kenya |
The diocese Embu ( Latin : Dioecesis Embuensis ) is a bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church located in Kenya . The seat of the diocese is Embu . It includes the Embu County .
history
Pope John Paul II founded it with the Apostolic Constitution Quoniam Nostrum on June 9, 1986 from cession of territory by the Diocese of Meru 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 Nyeri .
Bishops of Embu
- John Njue (June 9, 1986 - March 9, 2002, then Coadjutor Archbishop of Nyeri)
- Anthony Muheria (October 30, 2003 - June 28, 2008, then Bishop of Kitui )
- Paul Kariuki Njiru , since May 9, 2009