Diocese of Nakuru, 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

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Celebrations

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History

1968.01.11: Established as Diocese of Nakuru / Nakuren(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Nairobi, Diocese of Eldoret and Diocese of Kisumu and became suffragan of Nairobi)
1972.06.28: Gained territory from Diocese of Eldoret
1995.12.06: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Kericho

Present Prelates

Bishop (2023.02.15 – ...):

Bishop Cleophas Oseso Tuka (57)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Nakuru (Roman Rite)

Bishop Cleophas Oseso Tuka (57)
(2023.02.15 – ...)

Bishop of Nakuru (Kenya)

Per caritatem servite invicem

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

Priest of Nakuru (Kenya) (1995.06.24 – 2023.02.15)

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

Bishop David Kamau Ng’ang’a (69)
(Apostolic Administrator 2022.03.19 – 2023.02.15)

Bishop Maurice Muhatia Makumba (56) (later Archbishop)
(2009.12.19 – 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 Peter Joseph Kairo (83) (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

Priest of Nakuru (Kenya) (1970.11.01 – 1983.03.17)

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)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Christ the King Cathedral, Nakuru, Nakuru
National Shrine: National Shrine of Our Lady of Africa, Subukia, Nakuru

Kericho (←), Eldoret (↖), Kitale (↑), Nyahururu (→), Nairobi (↘), Ngong (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 18,149 km²

Population: 677,202 Catholics (21.1% of 3,202,579 total)

Pastoral Centres: 62 parishes, 3 missions

Personnel: 180 priests (122 diocesan, 58 religious), 395 religious (156 brothers, 239 sisters), 23 seminarians