Diocese of Kakamega
Kakamegaën(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Kakamega, Kenya
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.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 27 February 1978
- Latin
- Kakamegaën(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001781
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 342,123
- Population
- 1,988,123
- Catholic share
- 17.2%
- Priests
- 101
- Catholics per priest
- 3,387
- Extent
- 3,517 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 97
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
- 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
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.
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 Homa BayHoma Bay
- Diocese of KapsabetKapsabet
- Diocese of KisiiKisii
- Diocese of KitaleKitale
- Diocese of LodwarLodwar
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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)).
How to reach it
- Chancery
- Bishop’s House, P.O. Box 150, 50100 Kakamega, Kenya
- Telephone
- 700.384.444
- [email protected]
This see keeps no website of its own, so its chancery is published here: withholding it would protect nothing and leave a reader with nowhere to go. Where a see publishes its own site, the register sends you there instead.
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 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
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].