Diocese of Muranga
| Diocese of Muranga | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Kenya |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Nyeri |
| Diocesan bishop | James Maria Wainaina Kungu |
| founding | 1983 |
| surface | 4,016 km² |
| Parishes | 33 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| Residents | 1,441,116 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| Catholics | 695.830 (December 31, 2004 / AP2005 ) |
| proportion of | 48.3% |
| Diocesan priest | 60 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| Religious priest | 20 (December 31, 2004 / AP2005 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 8,698 |
| Friars | 30 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| Religious sisters | 113 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus |
| address | PO Box 734, Murang'a, Kenya |
The diocese Muranga ( lat. : Dioecesis Murangaensis ) is in Kenya located diocese of the Roman Catholic Church based in Murang'a . It includes Murang'a and Kirinyaga Counties and the former Gatanga Division of Thika District in what is now Kiambu County .
history
Pope John Paul II founded it with the Apostolic Constitution Quandoquidem aeternam on March 17, 1983 from cession of territory by the diocese of Nyeri and it was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Nairobi as a suffragan diocese.
On May 21, 1990, it became part of the ecclesiastical province of the Archdiocese of Nyeri.
Bishops of Muranga
- Peter J. Cairo (March 17, 1983 - April 21, 1997, then Bishop of Nakuru )
- Peter Kihara Kariuki IMC (June 3, 1999 - November 25, 2006, then Bishop of Marsabit )
- James Maria Wainaina Kungu (since April 4, 2009)