Diocese of Nyahururu, Kenya

Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Nyahururu / Nyahururen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Nyeri

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

2002.12.05: Established as Diocese of Nyahururu / Nyahururen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Nyeri and became suffragan of Nyeri)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2011.12.24 – ...):

Bishop Joseph Ndembu Mbatia (63)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Nyahururu (Roman Rite)

Bishop Joseph Ndembu Mbatia (63)
(2011.12.24 – ...)

Bishop of Nyahururu (Kenya)

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Born:	1961.05.10 (Itabua, Kenya)
Ordained Priest:	1989.02.18
Consecrated Bishop:	2012.03.24

Priest of Nyeri (Kenya) (1989.02.18 – 2003.03)

Priest of Nyahururu (Kenya) (2003.03 – 2011.12.24)

Bishop of Nyahururu (Kenya) (2011.12.24 – ...)

Bishop Luigi Paiaro (90)
(2003.01.04 – 2011.12.24)

Bishop emeritus of Nyahururu (Kenya)

Born:	1934.09.08 (Voltabarozza, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1959.07.12
Consecrated Bishop:	2003.03.25

Priest of Padova (Italy) (1959.07.12 – 2003.01.04)

Bishop of Nyahururu (Kenya) (2003.01.04 – 2011.12.24)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of Mary Immaculate, Nyahururu, Nyeri

Nakuru (←), Maralal (↑), Isiolo (↗), Nyeri (→), Murang’a (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 10,000 km²

Population: 317,000 Catholics (33.8% of 938,256 total)

Pastoral Centres: 36 parishes

Personnel: 108 priests (105 diocesan, 3 religious), 76 religious (3 brothers, 73 sisters), 68 seminarians

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