Diocese of Kitale
| Diocese of Kitale | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Kenya |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Kisumu |
| Diocesan bishop | Maurice Anthony Crowley SPS |
| founding | 1998 |
| surface | 11,587 km² |
| Parishes | 23 ( 12/31/2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Residents | 1,030,000 (December 31, 2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Catholics | 164,000 (December 31, 2006 / AP2007 ) |
| proportion of | 15.9% |
| Diocesan priest | 20 ( 12/31/2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Religious priest | 25 (December 31, 2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 3,644 |
| Friars | 31 ( 12/31/2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Religious sisters | 58 ( 12/31/2006 / AP2007 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language |
Swahili English |
| cathedral | Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception |
| Website | http://catholickitale.org |
The Diocese of Kitale ( lat. : Dioecesis Kitalensis ) is in Kenya situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Kitale . It includes the counties of Trans-Nzoia and West Pokot .
history
Pope John Paul II founded it with the Apostolic Constitution Magis in this on April 3, 1998 from cession of territory by the Diocese of Eldoret and it was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Kisumu as a suffragan diocese. The local ordinary Maurice Anthony Crowley has been the SPS since its inception .