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Diocese of

Machakos

Kenya Kenya

Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese

Ecclesiastical Province: Nairobi

Website: Link

History

  • 1969.05.29: Established as Diocese of Machakos / Machakosen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Nairobi)

Special Churches

Present Prelates

Bishop (2003.03.15 – ...):Bishop Martin Kivuva Musonde (59)Bishop Martin Kivuva Musonde (59)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Machakos (Roman Rite)

Bishop Martin Kivuva Musonde (59)Bishop Martin Kivuva Musonde (59)
(2003.03.15 – ...)

Born:1952.02.10 (Kenya)
Ordained Priest:1978.12.09
Consecrated Bishop:2003.06.03

Bishop of Machakos (Kenya) (2003.03.15 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Kitui (Kenya) (2007.05 – 2008.06.28)

Archbishop Boniface Lele (64)Bishop Boniface Lele (64) (later Archbishop)
(Apostolic Administrator sede plena 2003.01.24 – 2003.03.15)

Bishop Urbanus Joseph Kioko
(1973.07.09 – 2003.03.15)

Born:1928.05.13 (Kenya)
Ordained Priest:1961.01.08
Consecrated Bishop:1973.10.07
Died:2008.03.02 († 79)

Bishop of Machakos (Kenya) (1973.07.09 – 2003.03.15)

Archbishop Raphael S. Ndingi Mwana’a Nzeki (80)Bishop Raphael S. Ndingi Mwana’a Nzeki (80) (later Archbishop)
(1969.05.29 – 1971.08.30)

Born:1931.12.25 (Kenya)
Ordained Priest:1961.01.31
Consecrated Bishop:1969.08.01

Bishop of Machakos (Kenya) (1969.05.29 – 1971.08.30)

Bishop of Nakuru (Kenya) (1971.08.30 – 1996.06.14)

President of Kenya Episcopal Conference (K.E.C.) (1982 – 1988)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Nairobi (Kenya) (1996.06.14 – 1997.04.21)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Nairobi (Kenya) (1997.04.21 – 2007.10.06)

as of 2012.01.15

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