Metropolitan see Kisumu, Kenya
Archdiocese of Kisumu
Kisumuen(sis)
Latin Church
The Archdiocese of Kisumu is the Latin metropolitan see for western Kenya, originating as the Apostolic Prefecture of Kavirondo in 1925 and raised to a metropolitan archdiocese on 21 May 1990. Its seat is St. Theresa's Cathedral in Kisumu, and it oversees eight suffragan dioceses.
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- Established
- 1925
- Catholics
- 898,036
- Priests
- 76
- Territory
- 4,616 km²
Parishes and churches
33 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
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The bishop
- Archbishop
- Maurice Muhatia Makumba
- Born
- 19 May 1968
- Birthplace
- Lirhanda
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The cathedral
St. Theresa's Cathedral stands in Kisumu, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
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History
Western Kenya's ecclesiastical province of Kisumu has as its Latin Metropolitan See the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kisumu (Latin: Kisumuen(sis)). Its archiepiscopal cathedral is St. Theresa's Cathedral in Kisumu, Kisumu County.
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KENYA: KCCB Dedicates October 3rd to National Prayer for Peaceful Cohesion
The Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops has dedicated the upcoming National Prayer Day on October 3 to peace and national cohesion. Archbishop Maurice Muhatia Makumba, chairman of the conference and archbishop of the Archdiocese of Kisumu, said the day serves as a prayer for God's blessing on the country to help all communities, leaders, and faiths work together. The event will take place on Saturday at the Marian Shrine in Subukia within the Nakuru Diocese. Archbishop Makumba noted that this year's prayer day is particularly important because it is the final annual prayer day before the 2027 General Election. The conference also linked the theme to the Church's year-long commemoration of the 800th anniversary of the death of St. Francis of Assisi, the patron of peace.
- Archbishop Maurice Muhatia Makumba challenges Franciscans to be examples
- Subukia Annual Prayer Day: Catholic Bishops Urge Kenyans to Pray for Peaceful Elections at Marian Pilgrimage
- Kenya Archbishop Maurice Muhatia Makumba challenges Franciscans
- Kenyan Archbishop Maurice Muhatia Makumba calls for ecumenism
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