Diocese of Nyahururu

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Diocese of Nyahururu
Basic data
Country KenyaKenya Kenya
Metropolitan bishopric Archdiocese of Nyeri
Diocesan bishop Joseph Mbatia
Emeritus diocesan bishop Luigi Paiaro
founding 1983
surface 8,066 km²
Parishes 16 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 )
Residents 672,918 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 )
Catholics 181,632 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 )
proportion of 27%
Diocesan priest 26 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 )
Religious priest 3 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 )
Catholics per priest 6.263
Friars 47 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 )
Religious sisters 33 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 )
rite Roman rite
Liturgical language English
cathedral Cathedral of Mary Immaculate

The Diocese of Nyahururu ( lat. : Dioecesis Nyahururensis ) is in Kenya located diocese of the Roman Catholic Church based in Nyahururu . It includes Nyandarua County and the western part of Laikipia County .

history

Pope John Paul II founded the diocese with the Apostolic Constitution Nuper est petitum on December 5, 2002 from cession of territory from the Archdiocese of Nyeri , to which it was also subordinated as a suffragan diocese.

Bishops of Nyahururu

See also

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