Diocese of

Wote

Kenya Kenya

Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Wote / Woten(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Nairobi

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

Present Prelates

Bishop (2023.07.22 – ...):Bishop Paul Kariuki Njiru (61)Bishop Paul Kariuki Njiru (61)
Apostolic Administrator sede plena (2024.09.28 – ...):Bishop Norman King’oo Wambua (72)Bishop Norman King’oo Wambua (72)

Bishop of Machakos (Kenya)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Wote (Roman Rite)

Bishop Norman King’oo Wambua (72)Bishop Norman King’oo Wambua (72)
(Apostolic Administrator sede plena 2024.09.28 – ...)

Bishop Paul Kariuki Njiru (61)Bishop Paul Kariuki Njiru (61)
(2023.07.22 – ...)

Bishop of Wote (Kenya)

Ego sum bonus pastor tibi et omnibus

Born:1963.03.11 (Kathunguri, Kenya)
Ordained Priest:1993.03.01
Consecrated Bishop:2009.07.18

Priest of Embu (Kenya) (1993.03.01 – 2009.05.09)

Bishop of Embu (Kenya) (2009.05.09 – 2023.07.22)

Bishop of Wote (Kenya) (2023.07.22 – ...)

Special Churches

Ngong (←), Machakos (↖), Kitui (↗), Mombasa (↘)

Statistics (2023.12.31)

Area: 8,009 km²

Population: 388,946 Catholics (39.4% of 987,653 total)

Pastoral Centres: 31 parishes

Personnel: 99 priests (90 diocesan, 9 religious), 3 deacons, 21 religious (21 brothers), 36 seminarians

Population

Pastoral Centres

Priests

Deacons

Religious

Seminarians

Last updated on 2025.01.27

© 2025 GCatholic.org

Up