Diocese of Maralal
| Diocese of Maralal | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Kenya |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Nyeri |
| Diocesan bishop | Virgilio Pante IMC |
| founding | 2001 |
| surface | 20,809 km² |
| Parishes | 12 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| Residents | 160,000 (December 31, 2004 / AP2005 ) |
| Catholics | 32,498 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| proportion of | 20.3% |
| Diocesan priest | 15 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| Religious priest | 19 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 956 |
| Friars | 20 (December 31, 2004 / AP2005 ) |
| Religious sisters | 51 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | Cathedral of Sts. Peter and Paul |
| address | Bishop's House, PO Box 1499, 60100 Embu, Kenya |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Maralal ( lat. : Dioecesis Maralalensis ) is in Kenya located diocese of the Roman Catholic Church based in Maralal . It includes Samburu County .
history
Pope John Paul II founded it with the Apostolic Constitution Ad plenius on June 15, 2001 from cession of territory by the Diocese of Marsabit and it was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Nyeri as a suffragan diocese. The local ordinary Virgilio Pante has been IMC since it was founded .
On September 30, 2006, James Lomulen Kayanda, the first Jesuit of the Turkana ethnic group, was ordained a priest in the Diocese .