Diocese of Wote, Kenya 🇰🇪

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Wote / Woten(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Nairobi

Neighbouring Dioceses: Ngong (←), Machakos (↖), Kitui (↗), Mombasa (↘)

2023.07.22: Established as Diocese of Wote / Woten(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Machakos and became suffragan of Nairobi)

Bishop:	vacant
Apostolic Administrator (2026.03.25 – ...):	Bishop Simon Peter Kamomoe (63) Titular Bishop of Thubunæ in Numidia
Auxiliary Bishop (2025.07.05 – ...):	Bishop Simon Peter Kamomoe (63) Titular Bishop of Thubunæ in Numidia

Bishops of Wote (Roman Rite)

Bishop Simon Peter Kamomoe (63)
(Apostolic Administrator 2026.03.25 – ...)

Bishop Simon Peter Kamomoe (63)
(Apostolic Administrator sede plena 2025.09.21 – 2026.03.25)

Bishop Norman King’oo Wambua (73)
(Apostolic Administrator sede plena 2024.09.28 – 2025.09.21)

Bishop Paul Kariuki Njiru (63)
(2023.07.22 – 2026.03.25)

Bishop emeritus of Wote (Kenya)

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 – 2026.03.25)

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

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