Diocese of Eldoret
Eldoreten(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Eldoret, Kenya
Latin Church diocese in Kenya erected in 1959 and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Kisumu. The see is vacant after Bishop Dominic Kimengich was appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Mombasa in January 2026, with Bishop Joseph Obanyi of Kakamega serving as apostolic administrator.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 13 October 1959
- Latin
- Eldoreten(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001354
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 401,703
- Population
- 1,623,648
- Catholic share
- 24.7%
- Priests
- 112
- Catholics per priest
- 3,587
- Extent
- 9,254 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 43
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Apostolic Administrator of Eldoret
- Joseph Obanyi Sagwe
- Born
- 10 March 1967
- Birthplace
- Kebirigo
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Sacred Heart of Jesus Cathedral stands in Eldoret, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Kisumu
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Kisumu.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of KisumuKisumu
- Diocese of BungomaBungoma
- Diocese of Homa BayHoma Bay
- Diocese of KakamegaKakamega
- Diocese of KapsabetKapsabet
- Diocese of KisiiKisii
- Diocese of KitaleKitale
- Diocese of LodwarLodwar
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The city of Eldoret in Kenya is home to a Roman Catholic diocese of the same name (Latin: Eldoreten(sis)), which forms part of the ecclesiastical province of Kisumu.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].