Diocese of

Bungoma

Kenya Kenya

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Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Bungoma / Bungomaën(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Kisumu

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

Present Prelates

Bishop (2021.12.14 – ...):Bishop Mark Kadima (60)Bishop Mark Kadima (60)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Bungoma (Roman Rite)

Bishop Mark Kadima (60)Bishop Mark Kadima (60)
(2021.12.14 – ...)

Bishop of Bungoma (Kenya)

Born:1964.04.30 (Kakamega, Kenya)
Ordained Priest:1993.10.02
Consecrated Bishop:2022.02.19

Priest of Kakamega (Kenya) (1993.10.02 – 2021.12.14)

Prelate of Honour of His Holiness (2017.12.23 – 2021.12.14)

Bishop of Bungoma (Kenya) (2021.12.14 – ...)

Bishop Joseph Obanyi Sagwe (56)Bishop Joseph Obanyi Sagwe (56)
(Apostolic Administrator 2018.06.23 – 2021.12.14)

Bishop Norman King’oo Wambua (71)Bishop Norman King’oo Wambua (71)
(1998.06.27 – 2018.06.23)

Bishop of Machakos (Kenya)
Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Wote (Kenya)

Born:1952 (Kathiani, Kenya)
Ordained Priest:1988.05.22
Consecrated Bishop:1998.08.16

Priest of Lodwar (Kenya) (1988.05.22 – 1998.06.27)

Bishop of Bungoma (Kenya) (1998.06.27 – 2018.06.23)

Bishop of Machakos (Kenya) (2018.06.23 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Wote (Kenya) (2024.09.28 – ...)

Bishop Longinus Atundo
(1987.04.27 – 1996.11.15)

Born:1936.01.04 (Kenya)
Ordained Priest:1964.12.30
Consecrated Bishop:1987.06.28
Died:1996.11.15 († 60)

Bishop of Bungoma (Kenya) (1987.04.27 – 1996.11.15)

Special Churches

Kisumu (↙), Tororo (←), Kitale (↗), Eldoret (→), Kakamega (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 4,550 km²

Population: 889,763 Catholics (52.0% of 1,709,701 total)

Pastoral Centres: 47 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 85 priests (diocesan), 165 religious (58 brothers, 107 sisters), 65 seminarians

Population

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Last updated on 2024.11.26

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