Diocese of

Ngong

Kenya Kenya

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Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Ngong / Ngongen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Nairobi

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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History

Present Prelates

Bishop (2012.01.07 – ...):Bishop John Oballa Owaa (65)Bishop John Oballa Owaa (65)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Ngong (Roman Rite)

Bishop John Oballa Owaa (65)Bishop John Oballa Owaa (65)
(2012.01.07 – ...)

Bishop of Ngong (Kenya)

Ipse enim est pax nostra

Born:1958.08.28 (Ahero, Kenya)
Ordained Priest:1986.08.28
Consecrated Bishop:2012.04.14

Priest of Kisumu (Kenya) (1986.08.28 – 2012.01.07)

Bishop of Ngong (Kenya) (2012.01.07 – ...)

Vice-President of Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (2015 – 2021.07)

Bishop Cornelius Schilder, M.H.M. (82)Bishop Cornelius Schilder, M.H.M. (82)
(2002.11.23 – 2009.08.01)

Bishop emeritus of Ngong (Kenya)

Born:1941.09.19 (Westwoud, Netherlands)
Ordained Priest:1968.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:2003.01.25

Bishop of Ngong (Kenya) (2002.11.23 – 2009.08.01)

Bishop Colin Cameron Davies, M.H.M.
(1976.12.09 – 2002.11.23)

Born:1924.06.10 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:1952.07.13
Consecrated Bishop:1977.02.27
Died:2017.01.08 († 92)

Prefect Apostolic of Ngong (Kenya) (1964.07.09 – 1976.12.09)

Bishop of Ngong (Kenya) (1976.12.09 – 2002.11.23)

Prefects Apostolic of Ngong (Roman Rite)

Fr. Colin Cameron Davies, M.H.M. (later Bishop)
(1964.07.09 – 1976.12.09)

(see above)

Fr. Joannes de Reeper, M.H.M. (later Bishop)
(1960.01.15 – 1964.01.16)

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)

Special Churches

Musoma (←), Homa Bay (←), Kisii (←), Kericho (↖), Nakuru (↖), Nairobi (↑), Machakos (→), Wote (→), Mombasa (↘), Moshi (↓), Arusha (↓)

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 47,000 km²

Population: 234,750 Catholics (11.7% of 1,998,100 total)

Pastoral Centres: 39 parishes

Personnel: 127 priests (54 diocesan, 73 religious), 468 religious (147 brothers, 321 sisters), 17 seminarians

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Last updated on 2024.03.04

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