Diocese of Malindi
Malindien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Malindi, Kenya
The Diocese of Malindi is a Latin Catholic see on the Kenyan coast covering Kilifi, Tana River, and Lamu counties. It was erected in 2000 and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Mombasa.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 2 June 2000
- Latin
- Malindien(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Anthony
- Annuario code
- 001002124
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 21,800
- Population
- 539,000
- Catholic share
- 4.0%
- Priests
- 44
- Catholics per priest
- 495
- Extent
- 33,254 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.7
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
- Wilybard Lagho
- Born
- 23 March 1958
- Birthplace
- Taita-Taveta
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 St Anthony stands in Malindi, 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 Mombasa
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Mombasa.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of MombasaMombasa
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The Kenyan city of Malindi is the seat of a Catholic diocese of the same name (Latin: Malindien(sis)), part of the ecclesiastical province of Mombasa.
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].