Suffragan diocese Kisii, Kenya
Diocese of Kisii
Kisiian(us)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Kisii is a Latin Catholic see in western Kenya, erected on 21 May 1960 from the Diocese of Kisumu. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Kisumu, with its seat at the Cathedral of St. Charles Lwanga in Kisii.
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- Established
- 1960
- Catholics
- 399,624
- Priests
- 71
- Territory
- 2,196 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
- Joseph Mairura Okemwa
- Born
- 29 June 1954
- Birthplace
- Nyabururu
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The cathedral
Cathedral of St. Charles Lwanga stands in Kisii, 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
Kisii, a city in Kenya, is the seat of a Roman Catholic diocese (Latin: Kisiian(us)) belonging to the ecclesiastical province of Kisumu.
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