Suffragan diocese Kericho, Kenya
Diocese of Kericho
Kerichoën(sis)
Latin Church
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.
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- Established
- 1995
- Catholics
- 294,420
- Priests
- 84
- Territory
- 4,800 km²
Parishes and churches
1 listed church in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
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The bishop
- Bishop
- Alfred Kipkoech Arap Rotich
- Born
- 27 July 1957
- Birthplace
- Longisa
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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.
History
The Kenyan city of Kericho gives its name to a Roman Catholic diocese (Latin: Kerichoën(sis)) within the ecclesiastical province of Nairobi.
This see in the wire
Stories that name this see
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- Bishop Rotich recalls Cardinal Otunga's simplicity
- Irish Missionary Hails Growth of Kenyan Parish
- Catholic Bishop in Kenya Calls for Immediate Action to Stop Destruction of Forest
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