Marsabit diocese
Marsabit diocese | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Kenya |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Nyeri |
Diocesan bishop | Peter Kihara Kariuki IMC |
Emeritus diocesan bishop | Ambrogio Ravasi IMC |
Vicar General | António Alexandre da Rocha Ferreira MCCJ |
founding | 1964 |
surface | 78,000 km² |
Parishes | 12 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
Residents | 219,615 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
Catholics | 25,859 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
proportion of | 11.8% |
Diocesan priest | 16 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
Religious priest | 12 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
Catholics per priest | 924 |
Friars | 23 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
Religious sisters | 42 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language |
Swahili English |
cathedral | Cathedral of Our Lady of Consolata |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Marsabit ( lat. : Dioecesis Marsabitensis ) is in Kenya situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Marsabit .
history
The diocese Marsabit was on November 25, 1964 by Pope Paul VI. Established with the Apostolic Constitution Arcana Isaiae from cessions of territory of the Diocese of Nyeri and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Nairobi as a suffragan . On May 21, 1990, the Diocese of Marsabit was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Nyeri as a suffragan. The Diocese of Marsabit gave on June 15, 2001 parts of its territory to establish the Diocese of Maralal .
Bishops of Marsabit
- Charles Maria Cavallera IMC , 1964-1981
- Ambrogio Ravasi IMC, 1981-2006
- Peter Kihara Kariuki IMC, since 2006
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Paul VI: Const. Apost. Arcana Isaiae , AAS 57 (1965), n.12, p. 827f.