Archdiocese of Nyeri
Nyerien(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Nyeri, Kenya
The Archdiocese of Nyeri in Kenya traces its origin to a 1905 mission and was elevated to a metropolitan archdiocese in 1990. Its cathedral is Our Lady of Consolata Cathedral and Archbishop Anthony Muheria has led it since 2017.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 21 May 1990
- Latin
- Nyerien(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady of Consolata
- Annuario code
- 001002433
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 588,900
- Population
- 1,816,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 32.4%
- Priests
- 161
- Catholics per priest
- 3,658
- Extent
- 8,450 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 70
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
- Anthony Muheria
- Born
- 27 May 1963
- Birthplace
- Kaburugi
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
Our Lady of Consolata Cathedral, Nyeri stands in Nyeri, 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
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of EmbuEmbu
- Diocese of MaralalMaralal
- Diocese of MarsabitMarsabit
- Diocese of MeruMeru
- Diocese of MurangaMuranga
- Diocese of NyahururuNyahururu
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
One of four ecclesiastical provinces in Kenya, Eastern Africa, has its Metropolitan See in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nyeri (Latin: Archidioecesis Nyeriensis), which nonetheless depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. The archbishop's cathedral episcopal see is Our Lady of Consolata Cathedral in 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.