Diocese of Kericho
Kerichoën(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Kericho, Kenya
The Diocese of Kericho is a Latin Catholic see in Kenya, erected on 6 December 1995 from the Diocese of Nakuru. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Nairobi, with its seat at Sacred Heart Cathedral in Kericho.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 6 December 1995
- Latin
- Kerichoën(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001835
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 294,420
- Population
- 1,554,850
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 18.9%
- Priests
- 84
- Catholics per priest
- 3,505
- Extent
- 4,800 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 61
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
- Alfred Kipkoech Arap Rotich
- Born
- 27 July 1957
- Birthplace
- Longisa
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
Sacred Heart Cathedral stands in Kericho, 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 Nairobi
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Nairobi.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of NairobiNairobi
- Diocese of KituiKitui
- Diocese of MachakosMachakos
- Diocese of NakuruNakuru
- Diocese of NgongNgong
- Diocese of WoteWote
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The Kenyan city of Kericho gives its name to a Roman Catholic diocese (Latin: Kerichoën(sis)) within the ecclesiastical province of Nairobi.
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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.