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Suffragan diocese Kitui, Kenya

Diocese of Kitui

Kituien(sis)

Latin Church

The Diocese of Kitui is a Latin Church diocese covering Kitui County in eastern Kenya. Established as an apostolic prefecture in 1956 and raised to a diocese on 16 November 1963, it is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Nairobi. John Mbua Mwandi was appointed bishop by Pope Leo XIV on 27 May 2026.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Cathedral of Our Lady of Africa, in Kitui, Kenya.

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Established
1956
Catholics
240,000
Priests
84
Territory
30,246 km²

Parishes and churches

37 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Bishop
John Mbua Mwandi

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The cathedral

Cathedral of Our Lady of Africa stands in Kitui, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

The city of Kitui in Kenya gives its name to a Roman Catholic diocese (Latin: Kituien(sis)) within the ecclesiastical province of Nairobi.

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