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Diocese of

Nakuru

Kenya Kenya

Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Nakuru / Nakuren(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Nairobi

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Special Churches

Present Prelates

Bishop (2023.02.15 – ...):Bishop Cleophas Oseso Tuka (55)Bishop Cleophas Oseso Tuka (55)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Nakuru (Roman Rite)

Bishop Cleophas Oseso Tuka (55)Bishop Cleophas Oseso Tuka (55)
(2023.02.15 – ...)

Bishop of Nakuru (Kenya)

Born:1967.11.26 (Naivasha, Kenya)
Ordained Priest:1995.06.24
Consecrated Bishop:2023.05.06

Bishop of Nakuru (Kenya) (2023.02.15 – ...)

Bishop David Kamau Ng’ang’a (68)Bishop David Kamau Ng’ang’a (68)
(Apostolic Administrator 2022.03.19 – 2023.02.15)

Archbishop Maurice Muhatia Makumba (54)Bishop Maurice Muhatia Makumba (54) (later Archbishop)
(2009.12.19 – 2022.02.18)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Kisumu (Kenya)
Vice-President of Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops

Ut unum sint

Born:1968.05.19 (Lirhanda, Kenya)
Ordained Priest:1994.10.15
Consecrated Bishop:2010.02.27

Bishop of Nakuru (Kenya) (2009.12.19 – 2022.02.18)

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

Apostolic Administrator of Kisumu (Kenya) (2021.11.20 – 2022.02.18)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Kisumu (Kenya) (2022.02.18 – ...)

Archbishop Peter J. Kairo (81)Bishop Peter J. Kairo (81) (later Archbishop)
(1997.04.21 – 2008.04.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Nyeri (Kenya)

Born:1941.05.24 (Londiani, Kenya)
Ordained Priest:1970.11.01
Consecrated Bishop:1983.05.21

Bishop of Murang’a (Kenya) (1983.03.17 – 1997.04.21)

Bishop of Nakuru (Kenya) (1997.04.21 – 2008.04.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Nyeri (Kenya) (2008.04.19 – 2017.04.23)

Bishop Raphael S. Ndingi Mwana’a Nzeki (later Archbishop)
(1971.08.30 – 1996.06.14)

Born:1931.12.25 (Mwala, Kenya)
Ordained Priest:1961.01.31
Consecrated Bishop:1969.08.01
Died:2020.03.31 (Nairobi, Cayman Islands † 88)

Bishop of Machakos (Kenya) (1969.05.29 – 1971.08.30)

Bishop of Nakuru (Kenya) (1971.08.30 – 1996.06.14)

President of Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (1982 – 1988)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Nairobi (Kenya) (1996.06.14 – 1997.04.21)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Nairobi (Kenya) (1997.04.21 – 2007.10.06)

Fr. Denis Newman, S.P.S.
(Apostolic Administrator 1968 – 1971.08.30)

Contact Info

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Statistics

Area: 18,149 km²

Population: 617,315 Catholics (20.2% of 3,050,414 total) (2020)

Statistics: 56 parishes, 3 missions, 153 priests (113 diocesan, 40 religious), 438 lay religious (100 brothers, 338 sisters), 31 seminarians (2020)

History

Last updated on 2023.05.07

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