Diocese of Malindi
Malindien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Malindi, Kenya
The Diocese of Malindi is a Latin Catholic see on the Kenyan coast covering Kilifi, Tana River, and Lamu counties. It was erected in 2000 and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Mombasa.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 2 June 2000
- Latin
- Malindien(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Anthony
- Annuario code
- 001002124
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 21,800
- Population
- 539,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 4.0%
- Priests
- 44
- Catholics per priest
- 495
- Extent
- 33,254 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.7
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
- Wilybard Lagho
- Born
- 23 March 1958
- Birthplace
- Taita-Taveta
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 St Anthony stands in Malindi, 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 Mombasa
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Mombasa.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of MombasaMombasa
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The Kenyan city of Malindi is the seat of a Catholic diocese of the same name (Latin: Malindien(sis)), part of the ecclesiastical province of Mombasa.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.