Archdiocese of Mombasa
Mombasaën(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Mombasa, Kenya
The Archdiocese of Mombasa is a Latin Church metropolitan archdiocese in coastal Kenya, established in 1955 and elevated to an archdiocese in 1990. Its suffragans are Garissa and Malindi, and Bishop Dominic Kimengich was named coadjutor archbishop in January 2026.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 21 May 1990
- Latin
- Mombasaën(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001002266
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 346,382
- Population
- 2,374,309
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 14.6%
- Priests
- 142
- Catholics per priest
- 2,439
- Extent
- 38,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 9.1
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
- Archbishop
- Martin Kivuva Musonde
- Born
- 10 February 1952
- Birthplace
- Muthetheni
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
Holy Ghost Cathedral stands in Mombasa, 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
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of MalindiMalindi
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The ecclesiastical province of Mombasa in Kenya has as its Metropolitan See the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mombasa (Latin: Mombasaën(sis)).
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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.