Diocese of Embu
Embuen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Embu, Kenya
Latin Church diocese in Embu County, Kenya, erected on 9 June 1986 from the Diocese of Meru and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Nyeri. The bishop is Peter Kimani Ndung'u, appointed in 2024.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 9 June 1986
- Latin
- Embuen(sis)
- Patron
- Saints Peter and Paul
- Annuario code
- 001001361
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 336,530
- Population
- 542,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 62.1%
- Priests
- 94
- Catholics per priest
- 3,580
- Extent
- 2,714 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 124
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Peter Kimani Ndung’u
- Born
- 11 November 1966
- Birthplace
- Githunguri
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Sts. Peter and Paul Cathedral, Embu stands in Embu, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Nyeri
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Nyeri.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of NyeriNyeri
- Diocese of MaralalMaralal
- Diocese of MarsabitMarsabit
- Diocese of MeruMeru
- Diocese of MurangaMuranga
- Diocese of NyahururuNyahururu
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Within Kenya's ecclesiastical province of Nyeri lies the Roman Catholic Diocese of Embu (Latin: Dioecesis Embuensis), seated in the city of Embu.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.