Diocese of Homa Bay

Homa Bayen(sis)

Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Homa Bay, Kenya

The Diocese of Homa Bay in Kenya was established in 1993 from the Diocese of Kisii. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Kisumu and is led by Bishop Michael Cornelius Otieno Odiwa, who was appointed in 2020.

The see

Rank: Suffragan diocese
Tradition: Latin Church
Erected: 18 October 1993
Latin: Homa Bayen(sis)
Annuario code: 001001604

The see in figures

Catholics: 368,136
Population: 1,970,000
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds: 18.7%
Priests: 105
Catholics per priest: 3,506
Extent: 7,778 km²
Catholics per km²: 47

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: Michael Otieno Odiwa
Born: 11 November 1962
Birthplace: Sori Karungu

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

St. Paul’s Cathedral stands in Homa Bay, 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 Kisumu

A suffragan of Archdiocese of Kisumu.

The sees of this province:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

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Sources

The see's own website · Wikipedia

Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.