Diocese of Machakos
| Diocese of Machakos | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Kenya |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Nairobi |
| Diocesan bishop | Norman King'oo Wambua |
| founding | 1969 |
| surface | 15,183 km² |
| Parishes | 75 (31.12.2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Residents | 3,009,513 ( 12/31/2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Catholics | 1,373,193 ( 12/31/2016 / AP2017 ) |
| proportion of | 45.6% |
| Diocesan priest | 197 ( 12/31/2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 31 (31.12.2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 6,023 |
| Friars | 94 (December 31, 2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 211 ( 12/31/2016 / AP2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language |
Swahili English |
| cathedral | Cathedral of Our Lady of Lourdes |
| Website | http://www.machakosdiocese.org/ |
The diocese of Machakos ( lat. : Dioecesis Machakosensis ) is in Kenya situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Machakos .
history
The diocese of Machakos was on May 29, 1969 by Pope Paul VI. established with the Apostolic Constitution Antiquarum Africae from cessions of territory of the Archdiocese of Nairobi and subordinated to this as a suffragan .
Bishops of Machakos
- Raphael S. Ndingi Mwana a'Nzeki , 1969–1971, then Bishop of Nakuru
- Urbanus Joseph Kioko , 1973-2003
- Martin Kivuva Musonde , 2003–2014, then Archbishop of Mombasa
- Norman King'oo Wambua since 2018
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Paul VI: Const. Apost. Antiquarum Africae , AAS 62 (1970), n.1, p. 21f.