Diocese of Kericho
Kerichoën(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Kericho, Kenya
The Diocese of Kericho is a Latin Catholic see in Kenya, erected on 6 December 1995 from the Diocese of Nakuru. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Nairobi, with its seat at Sacred Heart Cathedral in Kericho.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 6 December 1995
- Latin
- Kerichoën(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001835
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 294,420
- Population
- 1,554,850
- Catholic share
- 18.9%
- Priests
- 84
- Catholics per priest
- 3,505
- Extent
- 4,800 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 61
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
- Alfred Kipkoech Arap Rotich
- Born
- 27 July 1957
- Birthplace
- Longisa
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
Sacred Heart Cathedral stands in Kericho, 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 Nairobi
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Nairobi.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of NairobiNairobi
- Diocese of KituiKitui
- Diocese of MachakosMachakos
- Diocese of NakuruNakuru
- Diocese of NgongNgong
- Diocese of WoteWote
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The Kenyan city of Kericho gives its name to a Roman Catholic diocese (Latin: Kerichoën(sis)) within the ecclesiastical province of Nairobi.
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].