Diocese of Ngong, Kenya 🇰🇪

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Ngong / Ngongen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Nairobi

Neighbouring Dioceses: Musoma (←), Homa Bay (←), Kisii (←), Kericho (↖), Nakuru (↖), Nairobi (↑), Machakos (→), Wote (→), Mombasa (↘), Moshi (↓), Arusha (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1959.10.20: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Ngong / Ngongen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Nairobi and Diocese of Kisumu)
1976.12.09: Promoted as Diocese of Ngong / Ngongen(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Nairobi)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2012.01.07 – ...):

Bishop John Oballa Owaa (67)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Ngong (Roman Rite)

Bishop John Oballa Owaa (67)
(2012.01.07 – ...)

Bishop of Ngong (Kenya)

Ipse enim est pax nostra

Born:	1958.08.28 (Ahero, Kenya)
Ordained Priest:	1986.08.28
Consecrated Bishop:	2012.04.14

Priest of Kisumu (Kenya) (1986.08.28 – 2012.01.07)

Bishop of Ngong (Kenya) (2012.01.07 – ...)

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

Bishop Cornelius Schilder, M.H.M. (84)
(2002.11.23 – 2009.08.01)

Bishop emeritus of Ngong (Kenya)

Born:	1941.09.19 (Westwoud, Netherlands)
Ordained Priest:	1968.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	2003.01.25

Bishop of Ngong (Kenya) (2002.11.23 – 2009.08.01)

Bishop Colin Cameron Davies, M.H.M.
(1976.12.09 – 2002.11.23)

Born:	1924.06.10 (Las Palmas, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1952.07.13
Consecrated Bishop:	1977.02.27
Died:	2017.01.08 (Liverpool, England † 92)

Prefect Apostolic of Ngong (Kenya) (1964.07.09 – 1976.12.09)

Bishop of Ngong (Kenya) (1976.12.09 – 2002.11.23)

Prefects Apostolic of Ngong (Roman Rite)

Fr. Colin Cameron Davies, M.H.M. (later Bishop)
(1964.07.09 – 1976.12.09)

(see above)

Fr. Joannes de Reeper, M.H.M. (later Bishop)
(1960.01.15 – 1964.01.16)

Igrem veni micceri

Born:	1902.11.19 (’s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands)
Ordained Priest:	1927.07.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1964.03.19
Died:	1980.11.28 (Oosterbeek, Netherlands † 78)

Prefect Apostolic of Ngong (Kenya) (1960.01.15 – 1964.01.16)

Bishop of Kisumu (Kenya) (1964.01.16 – 1976.03.20)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of St. Joseph, Ngong, Kajiado

Musoma (←), Homa Bay (←), Kisii (←), Kericho (↖), Nakuru (↖), Nairobi (↑), Machakos (→), Wote (→), Mombasa (↘), Moshi (↓), Arusha (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 47,000 km²

Population: 240,850 Catholics (11.7% of 2,050,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 40 parishes

Personnel: 131 priests (58 diocesan, 73 religious), 369 religious (142 brothers, 227 sisters), 17 seminarians