Diocese of Marsabit
Marsabiten(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Marsabit, Kenya
The Diocese of Marsabit is a Latin Church diocese in northern Kenya, erected on 25 November 1964 from the Diocese of Nyeri. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Nyeri.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 25 November 1964
- Latin
- Marsabiten(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001002171
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 22,100
- Population
- 201,266
- Catholic share
- 11.0%
- Priests
- 27
- Catholics per priest
- 819
- Extent
- 78,078 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.3
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
- Peter Kihara Kariuki
- Born
- 6 February 1954
- Birthplace
- Thunguri
- Institute
- ISTITUTO MISSIONI CONSOLATA
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
Pro-Cathedral of Our Lady of Consolata stands in Marsabit, 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 Nyeri
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Nyeri.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of NyeriNyeri
- Diocese of EmbuEmbu
- Diocese of MaralalMaralal
- Diocese of MeruMeru
- Diocese of MurangaMuranga
- Diocese of NyahururuNyahururu
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The Kenyan city of Marsabit is the seat of a Catholic diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Marsabitensis) within the ecclesiastical province of Nyeri. Its development work is carried out through Caritas Marsabit, the diocesan agency.
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].