Diocese of Kakamega
| Diocese of Kakamega | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Kenya |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Kisumu |
| Diocesan bishop | Joseph Obanyi Sagwe |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Philip Sulumeti |
| founding | 1978 |
| surface | 3,517 km² |
| Parishes | 34 ( 12/31/2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Residents | 2,061,201 (December 31, 2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Catholics | 389,000 (December 31, 2006 / AP2007 ) |
| proportion of | 18.9% |
| Diocesan priest | 90 ( 12/31/2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Religious priest | 6 (December 31, 2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 4,052 |
| Friars | 33 (December 31, 2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Religious sisters | 246 (December 31, 2006 / AP2007 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language |
Swahili English |
| cathedral | Cathedral of St. Charles Lwanga |
The Diocese of Kakamega ( lat. : Dioecesis Kakamegaensis ) is in Kenya situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Kakamega . It includes the counties of Kakamega and Vihiga .
history
Pope Paul VI founded it with the Apostolic Constitution Properamus et gestimus on February 27, 1978 from cession of territory by the Diocese of Kisumu and it was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Nairobi as a suffragan diocese.
On April 27, 1987, it lost part of its territory to the Bungoma diocese . On May 21, 1990, it became part of the ecclesiastical province of the Archdiocese of Kisumu.
Bishops of Kakamega
- Philip Sulumeti , 1978-2014
- Joseph Obanyi Sagwe , since 2014