Diocese of Nyahururu
Nyahururen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Nyahururu, Kenya
The Diocese of Nyahururu in Kenya was erected in 2002 from the Archdiocese of Nyeri, to which it is suffragan. Its cathedral is the Cathedral of Mary Immaculate and Bishop Joseph Ndembu Mbatia has led it since 2011.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 5 December 2002
- Latin
- Nyahururen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001002432
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 181,632
- Population
- 672,918
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 27.0%
- Priests
- 108
- Catholics per priest
- 1,682
- Extent
- 8,066 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 23
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
- Joseph Mbatia
- Born
- 10 May 1961
- Birthplace
- Itabua
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 Mary Immaculate stands in Nyahururu, 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 MeruMeru
- Diocese of MurangaMuranga
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The city of Nyahururu in Kenya is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Nyahururu (Latin: Dioecesis Nyahururensis), which belongs 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.