Diocese of Meru
Meruen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Meru, Kenya
The Diocese of Meru is a Latin rite see in Kenya, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Nyeri. Erected as an apostolic prefecture in 1926 and a diocese in 1953, it is now led by Bishop Jackson Murugara, who took the helm on January 1, 2026, succeeding the retired Bishop Salesius Mugambi.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 7 May 1953
- Latin
- Meruen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001002231
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 737,821
- Population
- 2,152,535
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 34.3%
- Priests
- 220
- Catholics per priest
- 3,354
- Extent
- 9,922 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 74
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
- Jackson Murugara
- Born
- 7 April 1970
- Birthplace
- Kamanyaki
- 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. Joseph's Cathedral stands in Meru, 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 Nyeri
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Nyeri.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of NyeriNyeri
- Diocese of EmbuEmbu
- Diocese of MaralalMaralal
- Diocese of MarsabitMarsabit
- Diocese of MurangaMuranga
- Diocese of NyahururuNyahururu
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Meru, a city in Kenya, gives its name to a Catholic diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Meruensis) belonging to the ecclesiastical province of Nyeri.
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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.