Archdiocese of Mombasa
| Archdiocese of Mombasa | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Kenya |
| Diocesan bishop | Martin Kivuva Musonde |
| surface | 38,000 km² |
| Parishes | 52 (31.12.2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Residents | 2,374,309 (December 31, 2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Catholics | 346,382 ( 12/31/2016 / AP2017 ) |
| proportion of | 14.6% |
| Diocesan priest | 70 (December 31, 2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 43 (31.12.2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 3,065 |
| Friars | 52 (31.12.2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 363 ( 12/31/2016 / AP2017 ) |
| cathedral | Holy Spirit Cathedral |
| Website | http://mombasacatholic.org/ |
| Suffragan dioceses |
Diocese of Garissa Diocese of Malindi |
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mombasa ( lat. : Archidioecesis Mombasaensis ) is in Kenya located Metropolitan Diocese of the Roman Catholic Church based in Mombasa .
history
The forerunner of today's Archdiocese of Mombasa is the Diocese of Mombasa and Zanzibar , founded in 1955 from the Archdiocese of Nairobi . On December 12, 1964, the diocese was by Pope Paul VI. split into the diocese of Mombasa and the apostolic administration of Zanzibar and Pemba . On May 21, 1990, Pope John Paul II raised him to the Archdiocese of Mombasa .
In 1976 the Garissa prefecture (from 1984 Garissa diocese ) was established from the diocese area. In 2000 the diocese of Malindi was founded. Both dioceses are suffragan dioceses .
Ordinaries
- Eugene Joseph Butler CSSp , (1957–1978)
- Nicodemus Kirima (1978–1988), later Bishop of Nyeri
- John Njenga (1988-2005)
- Boniface Lele (2005-2013)
- Martin Kivuva Musonde (since 2014)
See also
Web links
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