Archdiocese of Mombasa
Mombasaën(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Mombasa, Kenya
The Archdiocese of Mombasa is a Latin Church metropolitan archdiocese in coastal Kenya, established in 1955 and elevated to an archdiocese in 1990. Its suffragans are Garissa and Malindi, and Bishop Dominic Kimengich was named coadjutor archbishop in January 2026.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 21 May 1990
- Latin
- Mombasaën(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001002266
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 346,382
- Population
- 2,374,309
- Catholic share
- 14.6%
- Priests
- 142
- Catholics per priest
- 2,439
- Extent
- 38,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 9.1
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
- Archbishop
- Martin Kivuva Musonde
- Born
- 10 February 1952
- Birthplace
- Muthetheni
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
Holy Ghost Cathedral stands in Mombasa, 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
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of MalindiMalindi
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The ecclesiastical province of Mombasa in Kenya has as its Metropolitan See the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mombasa (Latin: Mombasaën(sis)).
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].