Diocese of Kitale
Kitalen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Kitale, Kenya
The Diocese of Kitale is a Latin Church diocese in Kenya covering Trans Nzoia and West Pokot counties in the North Rift region. Erected on 3 April 1998, it is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Kisumu.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 3 April 1998
- Latin
- Kitalen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001872
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 315,270
- Population
- 2,093,000
- Catholic share
- 15.1%
- Priests
- 93
- Catholics per priest
- 3,390
- Extent
- 11,737 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 27
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
- Henry Juma Odonya
- Born
- 10 December 1976
- Birthplace
- Nairobi
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 the Immaculate Heart stands in Kitale, 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 KakamegaKakamega
- Diocese of KapsabetKapsabet
- Diocese of KisiiKisii
- Diocese of LodwarLodwar
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
A Latin Church see centered on the Kenyan city of Kitale, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kitale (Latin: Dioecesis Kitalen(sis)) is a suffragan within the ecclesiastical province of the Archdiocese of Kisumu. Its territory takes in Trans Nzoia County and West Pokot County in Kenya's North Rift region, an area of approximately 11,737 km².
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].