Diocese of Lodwar
Loduarin(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Lodwar, Kenya
The Diocese of Lodwar is a Latin Church diocese serving the Turkana region of Kenya, established in 1968 and promoted to a diocese in 1978. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Kisumu and has been led by Bishop John Mbinda since 2022.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 30 January 1978
- Latin
- Loduarin(us)
- Annuario code
- 001002033
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 140,309
- Population
- 1,235,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 11.4%
- Priests
- 55
- Catholics per priest
- 2,551
- Extent
- 77,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1.8
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 Mbinda
- Born
- 5 May 1973
- Birthplace
- Machakos
- Institute
- CONGREGAZIONE DELLO SPIRITO SANTO
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. Augustine Cathedral stands in Lodwar, 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:
- Archdiocese of KisumuKisumu
- Diocese of BungomaBungoma
- Diocese of EldoretEldoret
- Diocese of Homa BayHoma Bay
- Diocese of KakamegaKakamega
- Diocese of KapsabetKapsabet
- Diocese of KisiiKisii
- Diocese of KitaleKitale
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Seated in the city of Lodwar in Kenya, this Roman Catholic diocese (Latin: Loduarin(us)) belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Kisumu.
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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.