Diocese of Kitui
Kituien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Kitui, Kenya
The Diocese of Kitui is a Latin Church diocese covering Kitui County in eastern Kenya. Established as an apostolic prefecture in 1956 and raised to a diocese on 16 November 1963, it is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Nairobi. John Mbua Mwandi was appointed bishop by Pope Leo XIV on 27 May 2026.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 16 November 1963
- Latin
- Kituien(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001873
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 240,000
- Population
- 1,200,946
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 20.0%
- Priests
- 84
- Catholics per priest
- 2,857
- Extent
- 30,246 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 7.9
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
- John Mbua Mwandi
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
Cathedral of Our Lady of Africa stands in Kitui, 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 KerichoKericho
- 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 city of Kitui in Kenya gives its name to a Roman Catholic diocese (Latin: Kituien(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.