Diocese of

Eldoret

Kenya

Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Eldoret / Eldoreten(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Kisumu

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Website:

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1953.06.29: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Eldoret / Eldoreten(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Kisumu)
1959.10.13: Promoted as Diocese of Eldoret / Eldoreten(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Nairobi)
1968.01.11: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Nakuru and Apostolic Prefecture of Lodwar
1972.06.28: Lost territory to Diocese of Nakuru
1990.05.21: Became suffragan of Kisumu
1998.04.03: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Kitale

Present Prelates

Bishop (2019.11.16 – ...):	Bishop Dominic Kimengich (63)
Auxiliary Bishop (2024.03.27 – ...):	Bishop John Kiplimo Lelei (66) Titular Bishop of Mons in Numidia

Ordinaries

Bishops of Eldoret (Roman Rite)

Bishop Dominic Kimengich (63)
(2019.11.16 – ...)

Bishop of Eldoret (Kenya)

Serviamus Domino in lætitia

Born:	1961.04.23 (Kituro, Kenya)
Ordained Priest:	1986.09.14
Consecrated Bishop:	2010.05.22

Priest of Nakuru (Kenya) (1986.09.14 – 2010.03.20)

Titular Bishop of Tanaramusa (2010.03.20 – 2011.03.05)

Auxiliary Bishop of Lodwar (Kenya) (2010.03.20 – 2011.03.05)

Bishop of Lodwar (Kenya) (2011.03.05 – 2019.11.16)

Bishop of Eldoret (Kenya) (2019.11.16 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Lodwar (Kenya) (2020.02.01 – 2022.04.04)

Bishop Cornelius Kipng’eno Arap Korir
(1990.04.02 – 2017.10.30)

Mkitendee Kaz? Chakula Kidumucho

Born:	1950.07.06 (Kenya)
Ordained Priest:	1982.11.06
Consecrated Bishop:	1990.06.02
Died:	2017.10.30 († 67)

Bishop of Eldoret (Kenya) (1990.04.02 – 2017.10.30)

President of Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (2003.08 – 2006)

Bishop John Njenga (later Archbishop)
(1970.10.19 – 1988.10.25)

Born:	1928.12.25 (Kenya)
Ordained Priest:	1957.02.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1970.11.22
Died:	2018.11.04 († 89)

Bishop of Eldoret (Kenya) (1970.10.19 – 1988.10.25)

President of Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (1976 – 1982)

Bishop of Mombasa (Kenya) (1988.10.25 – 1990.05.21)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Mombasa (Kenya) (1990.05.21 – 2005.04.01)

Bishop Joseph Brendan Houlihan, S.P.S.
(1959.10.13 – 1970.10.19)

Born:	1911.09.25 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1937.03.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1960.11.20
Died:	1975.12.02 († 64)

Prefect Apostolic of Eldoret (Kenya) (1954 – 1959.10.13)

Bishop of Eldoret (Kenya) (1959.10.13 – 1970.10.19)

Titular Bishop of Chunavia (1970.10.19 – 1971.04.24)

Prefects Apostolic of Eldoret (Roman Rite)

Fr. Joseph Brendan Houlihan, S.P.S. (later Bishop)
(1954 – 1959.10.13)

(see above)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Emile Njeru (1969.05.22 – 1970.09.05)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Eldoret, Uasin Gishu

Kisumu (↙), Kakamega (←), Bungoma (↖), Kitale (↑), Nakuru (↘), Kericho (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 9,254 km²

Population: 895,000 Catholics (34.4% of 2,605,530 total)

Pastoral Centres: 82 parishes, 4 missions

Personnel: 164 priests (137 diocesan, 27 religious), 339 religious (54 brothers, 285 sisters), 61 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2024.11.26

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