Diocese of Isiolo
Isiolan(sus)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Isiolo, Kenya
The Diocese of Isiolo is a Latin Church diocese in Kenya, established as an apostolic vicariate in 1995 and elevated to a diocese on 15 February 2023. Its seat is St. Eusebius Cathedral in Isiolo.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 15 February 2023
- Latin
- Isiolan(sus)
- Patron
- Saint Eusebius
- Annuario code
- 001000415
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 23,100
- Population
- 177,730
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 13.0%
- Priests
- 26
- Catholics per priest
- 888
- Extent
- 25,336 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.9
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 Munguti Makau
- Born
- 6 May 1975
- Birthplace
- Nairobi
- Institute
- ISTITUTO MISSIONI CONSOLATA
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. Eusebius Cathedral stands in Isiolo, 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.
History
St. Eusebius Cathedral in Isiolo marks the episcopal see of the Diocese of Isiolo, a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory of the Catholic Church in Kenya's Eastern Province.
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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.