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Suffragan diocese Nakuru, Kenya

Diocese of Nakuru

Nakuren(sis)

Latin Church

The Diocese of Nakuru is a Latin Catholic see in Kenya's Rift Valley, erected in 1968 from the dioceses of Eldoret and Kisumu and the Archdiocese of Nairobi, to which it is suffragan. Its seat is Christ the King Cathedral in Nakuru.

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Esri
The address the register holds for Christ the King Cathedral, in Nakuru, Kenya.

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Established
1968
Catholics
405,000
Priests
180
Territory
18,149 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Bishop
Cleophas Oseso Tuka
Born
26 November 1967
Birthplace
Naivasha

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The cathedral

Christ the King Cathedral stands in Nakuru, 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

Seated at Christ the King Cathedral in the city of Nakuru, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Nakuru (Latin: Dioecesis Nakurensis) is a Latin Church see in Kenya, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Nairobi within that ecclesiastical province. Its territory spans the administrative counties of Nakuru and Baringo, an area of 18,149 km². As of 2026 the diocese counts 62 parishes and 3 missions, 180 priests (122 diocesan and 58 religious), 395 members of religious orders, and 23 seminarians. It also holds the National Shrine of Our Lady of Africa at Subukia.

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