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Suffragan diocese Ngong, Kenya

Diocese of Ngong

Ngongen(sis)

The Diocese of Ngong is a Latin Rite diocese in Kajiado, Kenya, created in 1959 to serve the Maasai community and a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Nairobi. Bishop John Oballa Owaa has led the diocese since his consecration in 2012.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for St. Joseph Cathedral, in Ngong, Kenya.

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Established
1959
Catholics
74,634
Priests
131
Territory
47,000 km²

Parishes and churches

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

This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.

The bishop

Bishop
John Oballa Owaa
Born
28 August 1958
Birthplace
Ahero

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The cathedral

St. Joseph Cathedral stands in Ngong, 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

Within Kenya's ecclesiastical province of Nairobi, the city of Ngong gives its name to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ngong (Latin: Ngongen(sis)).