Diocese of Homa Bay
Homa Bayen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Homa Bay, Kenya
The Diocese of Homa Bay in Kenya was established in 1993 from the Diocese of Kisii. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Kisumu and is led by Bishop Michael Cornelius Otieno Odiwa, who was appointed in 2020.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 18 October 1993
- Latin
- Homa Bayen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001604
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 368,136
- Population
- 1,970,000
- Catholic share
- 18.7%
- Priests
- 105
- Catholics per priest
- 3,506
- Extent
- 7,778 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 47
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
- Bishop
- Michael Otieno Odiwa
- Born
- 11 November 1962
- Birthplace
- Sori Karungu
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
St. Paul’s Cathedral stands in Homa Bay, 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 EldoretEldoret
- 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.
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].