Suffragan diocese Meru, Kenya
Diocese of Meru
Meruen(sis)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Meru is a Latin rite see in Kenya, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Nyeri. Erected as an apostolic prefecture in 1926 and a diocese in 1953, it is now led by Bishop Jackson Murugara, who took the helm on January 1, 2026, succeeding the retired Bishop Salesius Mugambi.
On the map
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- Established
- 1926
- Catholics
- 737,821
- Priests
- 220
- Territory
- 9,922 km²
Parishes and churches
77 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Kiirua ParishKiiruaView parish
- Kinoro ParishKinoroView parish
- Kionyo ParishKionyoView parish
- Kirogine ParishKirogineView parish
- Laare ParishLaareView parish
- Limbine ParishLimbineView parish
- Magumoni ParishMagumoniView parish
- Magundu ParishMagunduView parish
- Maraa ParishMaraaView parish
- Marimanti ParishMarimantiView parish
- Materi ParishMateriView parish
- Maua ParishMauaView parish
- Mbaranga ParishMbarangaView parish
- Mbwiru ParishMbwiruView parish
- Meru Prison ChaplaincyTown not recordedView parish
- Michaka ParishMichakaView parish
- Mikinduri ParishMikinduriView parish
- Mikumbune ParishMikumbuneView parish
- Miruriiri ParishMiruriiriView parish
- Mitunguu ParishMitunguuView parish
- Mituntu Pro ParishMituntu ProView parish
- Mpukoni ParishMpukoniView parish
- Mujwa ParishMujwaView parish
- Mukothima ParishMukothimaView parish
- Mukululu Pr ParishMukululu PrView parish
- Munga ParishMungaView parish
- Munithu ParishMunithuView parish
- Muthambi ParishMuthambiView parish
- Mutuati ParishMutuatiView parish
- Nchaure ParishNchaureView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Jackson Murugara
- Born
- 7 April 1970
- Birthplace
- Kamanyaki
- Institute
- ISTITUTO MISSIONI CONSOLATA
Explore the ministry of the bishop.
The cathedral
St. Joseph's Cathedral stands in Meru, 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.
History
Meru, a city in Kenya, gives its name to a Catholic diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Meruensis) belonging to the ecclesiastical province of Nyeri.