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Suffragan diocese Maralal, Kenya

Diocese of Maralal

Maralalen(sis)

Latin Church

The Diocese of Maralal is a Latin Church diocese in Kenya covering Samburu County. It was erected on 15 June 2001 from the Diocese of Marsabit and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Nyeri.

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Esri
The address the register holds for Cathedral of Sts. Peter and Paul, in Maralal, Kenya.

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Established
2001
Catholics
12
Priests
37
Territory
20,809 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Bishop
Hieronymus Joya
Born
17 April 1965
Birthplace
Asinge
Institute
ISTITUTO MISSIONI CONSOLATA (I.M.C.)

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The cathedral

Cathedral of Sts. Peter and Paul stands in Maralal, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

In Kenya's ecclesiastical province of Nyeri, the city of Maralal is the seat of a Catholic diocese of the same name (Latin: Dioecesis Maralalensis).

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