Suffragan diocese Embu, Kenya
Diocese of Embu
Embuen(sis)
Latin Church
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.
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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.