Diocese of Lodwar
Loduarin(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Lodwar, Kenya
The Diocese of Lodwar is a Latin Church diocese serving the Turkana region of Kenya, established in 1968 and promoted to a diocese in 1978. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Kisumu and has been led by Bishop John Mbinda since 2022.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 30 January 1978
- Latin
- Loduarin(us)
- Annuario code
- 001002033
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 140,309
- Priests
- 55
- Catholics per priest
- 2,551
- Extent
- 77,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1.8
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
- John Mbinda
- Born
- 5 May 1973
- Birthplace
- Machakos
- Institute
- CONGREGAZIONE DELLO SPIRITO SANTO
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
St. Augustine Cathedral stands in Lodwar, 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 KitaleKitale
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Seated in the city of Lodwar in Kenya, this Roman Catholic diocese (Latin: Loduarin(us)) belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Kisumu.
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].