Suffragan diocese Kakamega, Kenya
Diocese of Kakamega
Kakamegaën(sis)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Kakamega is a Latin rite see in western Kenya, erected on 27 February 1978 from the Diocese of Kisumu. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Kisumu and covers Kakamega and Vihiga counties.
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- Established
- 1978
- Catholics
- 342,123
- Priests
- 101
- Territory
- 3,517 km²
Parishes and churches
41 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Christ The King, AmalembaKakamegaView parish
- Corpus Christi, IrenjiKhayegaView parish
- Holy Angels, LutonyiKakamegaView parish
- Holy Cross, EmalindiYalaView parish
- Holy Family, Lubao397, KakamegaView parish
- Holy Spirit, BulimboMumiasView parish
- Holy Trinity, SoySoyView parish
- Our Lady Assumption, IndangalasiaIndangalasiaView parish
- Our Lady Consoler of the afflicted, BukayaMumiasView parish
- Our Lady of Fatima, BuyanguMaragoliView parish
- Our Lady of The Assumption, MautumaTurboView parish
- Our Lady of the Assumption, ShitoliKhayegaView parish
- Our Lady Of The Holy Rosary, ShisesoKakamegaView parish
- Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception, ChimoiWebuyeView parish
- Sacred Heart of Jesus, MukumuKakamegaView parish
- St. Agnes, MukulusuKakamegaView parish
- St. Anne’s, EshisiruKakamegaView parish
- St. Augustine, EregiEregiView parish
- St. Charles Lwanga, HambaleMaragoliView parish
- St. Charles Lwanga, LutasoNavakholoView parish
- St. Charlse Lwanga, ChekaliniWebuyeView parish
- St. Francis Xavier, ShikotiKakamegaView parish
- St. John the Baptist, LikuyaniSoyView parish
- St. Joseph the Worker, ShibuyiKakamegaView parish
- St. Joseph, Kakamega (Cathedral)KakamegaView parish
- St. Joseph, KongoniMatundaView parish
- St. Joseph, LuandaLuandaView parish
- St. Joseph, ShirotsaYalaView parish
- St. Kizito, LusumuMumiasView parish
- St. Lukes, BuminiShiandaView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Joseph Obanyi Sagwe
- Born
- 10 March 1967
- Birthplace
- Kebirigo
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The cathedral
Cathedral of St. Charles Lwanga stands in Kakamega, 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 Kisumu, the city of Kakamega serves as the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kakamega (Latin: Kakamegaën(sis)).
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Stories that name this see
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- Archbishop Maurice Muhatia Makumba challenges Franciscans to be examples
- Bishop Joseph Obanyi Sagwe cautions Catholic Sisters against worldly trends
- Irish Missionary Hails Growth of Kenyan Parish
- Fr. Thomas McGrath reflects on reversal of vocations flow
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