Diocese of Kakamega, Kenya 🇰🇪

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Kakamega / Kakamegaën(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Kisumu

Neighbouring Dioceses: Bungoma (↑), Eldoret (↗), Kapsabet (→), Kisumu (↓)

1978.02.27: Established as Diocese of Kakamega / Kakamegaën(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Kisumu and became suffragan of Nairobi)
1987.04.27: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Bungoma
1990.05.21: Became suffragan of Kisumu

Bishop (2014.12.05 – ...):

Bishop Joseph Obanyi Sagwe (58)

Apostolic Administrator of Eldoret (Kenya)

Bishops of Kakamega (Roman Rite)

Bishop Joseph Obanyi Sagwe (58)
(2014.12.05 – ...)

Bishop of Kakamega (Kenya)
Apostolic Administrator of Eldoret (Kenya)

Priest of Kisii (Kenya) (1996.10.25 – 2014.12.05)

Bishop of Kakamega (Kenya) (2014.12.05 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Bungoma (Kenya) (2018.06.23 – 2021.12.14)

Apostolic Administrator of Eldoret (Kenya) (2026.04.25 – ...)

Bishop Philip Sulumeti
(1978.02.28 – 2014.12.05)

Priest of Kisumu (Kenya) (1966.01.06 – 1972.05.28)

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)

Bungoma (↑), Eldoret (↗), Kapsabet (→), Kisumu (↓)

Area: 3,531 km²

Population: 1,028,285 Catholics (40.3% of 2,549,790 total)

Pastoral Centres: 46 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 101 priests (diocesan), 580 religious (96 brothers, 484 sisters), 46 seminarians