Suffragan diocese Machakos, Kenya
Diocese of Machakos
Machakosen(sis)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Machakos is a Latin Catholic diocese in Kenya, erected on 29 May 1969 from the Archdiocese of Nairobi, to which it is suffragan. Bishop Norman King'oo Wambua remains the ordinary, with Bishop Joseph Maluki Mwongela appointed coadjutor in January 2026.
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- Established
- 1969
- Catholics
- 610,150
- Priests
- 134
- Territory
- 15,183 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
- Norman King'oo Wambua
- Born
- 1 January 1952
- Birthplace
- Kathiani
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The cathedral
Cathedral of Our Lady of Lourdes, Machakos stands in Machakos, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
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History
In Kenya's ecclesiastical province of Nairobi, the Town of Machakos is the seat of a Catholic diocese (Latin: Machakosen(sis)).
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