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Metropolitan see Nyeri, Kenya

Archdiocese of Nyeri

Nyerien(sis)

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The Archdiocese of Nyeri in Kenya traces its origin to a 1905 mission and was elevated to a metropolitan archdiocese in 1990. Its cathedral is Our Lady of Consolata Cathedral and Archbishop Anthony Muheria has led it since 2017.

On the map

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The address the register holds for Our Lady of Consolata Cathedral, Nyeri, in Nyeri, Kenya.

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Established
1905
Catholics
588,900
Priests
161
Territory
8,450 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Archbishop
Anthony Muheria
Born
27 May 1963
Birthplace
Kaburugi

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The cathedral

Our Lady of Consolata Cathedral, Nyeri stands in Nyeri, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

One of four ecclesiastical provinces in Kenya, Eastern Africa, has its Metropolitan See in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nyeri (Latin: Archidioecesis Nyeriensis), which nonetheless depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. The archbishop's cathedral episcopal see is Our Lady of Consolata Cathedral in Nyeri.

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