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Metropolitan Archdiocese of

Kisumu

Kenya Kenya

Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese

Area: 4,616 km²

Population: 898,036 Catholics (35.5% of 2,531,000 total) (2014)

Suffragan Sees: Bungoma, Eldoret, Homa Bay, Kakamega, Kisii, Kitale, Lodwar

Depends on: Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples

Statistics: 41 parishes, 1 mission, 95 priests (70 diocesan, 25 religious), 349 lay religious (49 brothers, 300 sisters), 35 seminarians (2014)

History

Special Churches

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (1990.05.21 – ...):Archbishop Zacchaeus Okoth (74)Archbishop Zacchaeus Okoth (74)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Kisumu (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Zacchaeus Okoth (74)Archbishop Zacchaeus Okoth (74)Permalink
(1990.05.21 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Kisumu (Kenya)

Born:1942.07.05 (Kenya)
Ordained Priest:1968.11.14
Consecrated Bishop:1978.04.30

Bishop of Kisumu (Kenya) (1978.02.27 – 1990.05.21)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Kisumu (Kenya) (1990.05.21 – ...)

President of Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (1991 – 1997)

Bishops of Kisumu (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Zacchaeus Okoth (74)Bishop Zacchaeus Okoth (74) (later Archbishop)Permalink
(1978.02.27 – 1990.05.21)

(see above)

Bishop Philip Sulumeti (79)Bishop Philip Sulumeti (79)Permalink
(1976.12.09 – 1978.02.28)

Bishop emeritus of Kakamega (Kenya)

Born:1937.08.15 (Kenya)
Ordained Priest:1966.01.06
Consecrated Bishop:1972.08.20

Titular Bishop of Urci (1972.05.28 – 1976.12.09)

Auxiliary Bishop of Kisumu (Kenya) (1972.05.28 – 1976.12.09)

Bishop of Kisumu (Kenya) (1976.12.09 – 1978.02.28)

Bishop of Kakamega (Kenya) (1978.02.28 – 2014.12.05)

Bishop Joannes de Reeper, M.H.M.Permalink
(1964.01.16 – 1976.03.20)

Born:1902.11.19 (Netherlands)
Ordained Priest:1927.07.17
Consecrated Bishop:1964.03.19
Died:1980.11.28 († 78)

Prefect Apostolic of Ngong (Kenya) (1960.01.15 – 1964.01.16)

Bishop of Kisumu (Kenya) (1964.01.16 – 1976.03.20)

Bishop Frederick Hall, M.H.M.Permalink
(1953.03.25 – 1963.12.02)

Born:1902.11.30 (England)
Ordained Priest:1929.07.21
Consecrated Bishop:1948.06.20
Died:1988.09.18 († 85)

Titular Bishop of Alba marittima (1948.04.09 – 1953.03.25)

Vicar Apostolic of Kisumu (Kenya) (1948.04.09 – 1953.03.25)

Bishop of Kisumu (Kenya) (1953.03.25 – 1963.12.02)

Titular Bishop of Castra nova (1963.12.02 – 1976.07.27)

Vicars Apostolic of Kisumu (Roman Rite)

Bishop Frederick Hall, M.H.M.Permalink
(1948.04.09 – 1953.03.25)

(see above)

Bishop Nicolas Stam, M.H.M.Permalink
(1936.03.09 – 1946)

Born:1876.12.29 (Netherlands)
Consecrated Bishop:1936.06.24
Died:1949.05.26 († 72)

Vicar Apostolic of Kisumu (Kenya) (1936.03.09 – 1946)

Titular Bishop of Cediæ (1936.03.09 – 1949.05.26)

Bishop Gorgonio Brandsma, M.H.M.Permalink
(1932.05.27 – 1935.06.20)

Born:1874.06.22 (Netherlands)
Died:1935.06.20 († 60)

Prefect Apostolic of Kavirondo (Kenya) (1925.12.02 – 1932.05.27)

Vicar Apostolic of Kisumu (Kenya) (1932.05.27 – 1935.06.20)

Titular Bishop of Bargala (1933 – 1935.06.20)

Prefects Apostolic of Kavirondo (Roman Rite)

Fr. Gorgonio Brandsma, M.H.M. (later Bishop)Permalink
(1925.12.02 – 1932.05.27)

(see above)

Former Prelates

as of 2016.09.12

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