Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kisumu, Kenya

Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Kisumu / Kisumuen(sis) (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Bungoma, Eldoret, Homa Bay, Kakamega, Kisii, Kitale, Lodwar

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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History

1925.07.15: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Kavirondo (from Apostolic Vicariate of Upper Nile)
1932.05.27: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Kisumu / Kisumuen(sis) (Latin)
1953.03.25: Promoted as Diocese of Kisumu / Kisumuen(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Nairobi)
1953.06.29: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Eldoret
1959.10.20: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Ngong
1960.05.21: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Kisii
1968.01.11: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Nakuru
1978.02.27: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Kakamega
1990.05.21: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kisumu / Kisumuen(sis) (Latin) (with suffragan sees Bungoma, Eldoret, Kakamega, Kisii and Lodwar)
1993.10.18: Gained suffragan see Homa Bay
1998.04.03: Gained suffragan see Kitale

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2022.02.18 – ...):

Archbishop Maurice Muhatia Makumba (56)

President of Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Kisumu (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Maurice Muhatia Makumba (56)
(2022.02.18 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Kisumu (Kenya)
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

Priest of Kakamega (Kenya) (1994.10.15 – 2009.12.19)

Bishop of Nakuru (Kenya) (2009.12.19 – 2022.02.18)

Vice-President of Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (2021.07 – 2024.04.19)

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

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

President of Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (2024.04.19 – ...)

Bishop Maurice Muhatia Makumba (56) (later Archbishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 2021.11.20 – 2022.02.18)

Archbishop Philip Arnold Subira Anyolo (68)
(2018.11.15 – 2021.10.28)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Nairobi (Kenya)

Manete in me et ego in vobis

Born:	1956.05.18 (Tongaren, Kenya)
Ordained Priest:	1983.10.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1996.02.03

Priest of Eldoret (Kenya) (1983.10.15 – 1995.12.06)

Bishop of Kericho (Kenya) (1995.12.06 – 2003.03.22)

Bishop of Homa Bay (Kenya) (2003.03.22 – 2018.11.15)

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

Metropolitan Archbishop of Kisumu (Kenya) (2018.11.15 – 2021.10.28)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Nairobi (Kenya) (2021.10.28 – ...)

Archbishop Zacchaeus Okoth (82)
(1990.05.21 – 2018.11.15)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Kisumu (Kenya)

Born:	1942.07.05 (Nyakach, Kenya)
Ordained Priest:	1968.11.14
Consecrated Bishop:	1978.04.30

Priest of Kisumu (Kenya) (1968.11.14 – 1978.02.28)

Bishop of Kisumu (Kenya) (1978.02.28 – 1990.05.21)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Kisumu (Kenya) (1990.05.21 – 2018.11.15)

President of Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (1991 – 1997)

Bishops of Kisumu (Roman Rite)

Bishop Zacchaeus Okoth (82) (later Archbishop)
(1978.02.28 – 1990.05.21)

(see above)

Bishop Philip Sulumeti (87)
(1976.12.09 – 1978.02.28)

Bishop emeritus of Kakamega (Kenya)

Born:	1937.08.15 (Kotur, Kenya)
Ordained Priest:	1966.01.06
Consecrated Bishop:	1972.08.20

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)

Bishop Joannes de Reeper, M.H.M.
(1964.01.16 – 1976.03.20)

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)

Bishop Frederick Hall, M.H.M.
(1953.03.25 – 1963.12.02)

Born:	1902.11.30 (England)
Ordained Priest:	1929.07.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1948.06.20
Died:	1988.09.18 († 85)

Titular Bishop of Alba marittima (1948.04.09 – 1953.03.25)

Vicar Apostolic of Kisumu (Kenya) (1948.04.09 – 1953.03.25)

Bishop of Kisumu (Kenya) (1953.03.25 – 1963.12.02)

Titular Bishop of Castra nova (1963.12.02 – 1976.07.27)

Vicars Apostolic of Kisumu (Roman Rite)

Bishop Frederick Hall, M.H.M.
(1948.04.09 – 1953.03.25)

(see above)

Bishop Nicolas Stam, M.H.M.
(1936.03.09 – 1946)

Born:	1876.12.29 (Netherlands)
Consecrated Bishop:	1936.06.28
Died:	1949.05.26 († 72)

Vicar Apostolic of Kisumu (Kenya) (1936.03.09 – 1946)

Titular Bishop of Cediæ (1936.03.09 – 1949.05.26)

Bishop Gorgonio Brandsma, M.H.M.
(1932.05.27 – 1935.06.20)

Born:	1874.06.22 (Netherlands)
Ordained Priest:	1899.09.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1933.11.07
Died:	1935.06.20 († 60)

Prefect Apostolic of Kavirondo (Kenya) (1925.12.02 – 1932.05.27)

Vicar Apostolic of Kisumu (Kenya) (1932.05.27 – 1935.06.20)

Titular Bishop of Bargala (1933 – 1935.06.20)

Prefects Apostolic of Kavirondo (Roman Rite)

Fr. Gorgonio Brandsma, M.H.M. (later Bishop)
(1925.12.02 – 1932.05.27)

(see above)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Philip Sulumeti (87) (1972.05.28 – 1976.12.09)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Maurice Michael Otunga (later Cardinal) (1956.11.17 – 1960.05.21)