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Diocese of Marsabit

Dioecesis Marsabitensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Peter Kihara Kariuki, I.M.C., Bishop

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 25 November 1964
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Nyeri
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Kenya
  • Square Kilometers: 78,078 (30,157 Square Miles)
  • Mailing Address: Bishop's House, P.O. Box 6, 60500 Marsabit, Kenya
  • Telephone: (020)2334.900

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
25 November 1964ErectedDiocese of Nyeri (Marsabit and Samburu) Diocese of Marsabit (erected)
25 January 1965Territory AddedDiocese of Meru (Eastern Part of Marsabit) Diocese of Marsabit
21 May 1990Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Marsabit (from Nairobi)
15 June 2001Territory LostDiocese of Marsabit (Maralal) Diocese of Maralal (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1969615180,000.3%27224912243012ap1971
19807,385206,0003.6%92433223264612ap1981
199026,385241,22710.9%103444599386116ap1991
199945,250368,20012.3%183250905447320ap2000
200046,150371,15012.4%163450923448120ap2001
200120,000174,95711.4%111324833172910ap2002
200219,921192,19710.4%111425796243010ap2003
200321,370197,32010.8%101323929202610ap2004
200422,100201,26611.0%1111221,004232910ap2005
201332,727254,00012.9%149231,422143711ap2014
201645,579386,34211.8%2013331,381164313ap2017
201938,600380,00010.2%2413371,043174215ap2020
202162,440471,74013.2%2413371,687173917ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 57, Page 337
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 57, Page 827, and Page 828
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 82, Page 938

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