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Suffragan diocese Embu, Kenya

Diocese of Embu

Embuen(sis)

Latin Church diocese in Embu County, Kenya, erected on 9 June 1986 from the Diocese of Meru and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Nyeri. The bishop is Peter Kimani Ndung'u, appointed in 2024.

On the map

Esri
Embu, Kenya, drawn to the town rather than to the door: the register holds no verified address for its cathedral.

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Established
1986
Catholics
336,530
Priests
94
Territory
2,714 km²

Parishes and churches

1 listed church in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.

The bishop

Bishop
Peter Kimani Ndung’u
Born
11 November 1966
Birthplace
Githunguri

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The cathedral

Sts. Peter and Paul Cathedral, Embu stands in Embu, 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.

History

Within Kenya's ecclesiastical province of Nyeri lies the Roman Catholic Diocese of Embu (Latin: Dioecesis Embuensis), seated in the city of Embu.