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Diocese of

Murang’a

Kenya Kenya

Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese

Ecclesiastical Province: Nyeri

History

  • 1983.03.17: Established as Diocese of Murang’a / Muranga / Murangaën(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Nyeri)

Special Churches


Present Prelates

Ordinaries

Bishops of Murang’a (Roman Rite)

Bishop James Wainaina Kungu (53)Bishop James Wainaina Kungu (53)
(2009.04.04 – ...)

Born:1956.12.23 (Kenya)
Ordained Priest:1984.12.13
Consecrated Bishop:2009.06.27

Bishop of Murang’a (Kenya) (2009.04.04 – ...)

Cardinal John Njue (66)Cardinal John Njue (66)
(Apostolic Administrator 2006.11 – 2009.04.04)

Bishop Peter Kihara Kariuki, I.M.C. (56)Bishop Peter Kihara Kariuki, I.M.C. (56)
(1999.06.03 – 2006.11.25)

Born:1954.02.06 (Kenya)
Ordained Priest:1983.12.16
Consecrated Bishop:1999.09.11

Bishop of Murang’a (Kenya) (1999.06.03 – 2006.11.25)

Bishop of Marsabit (Kenya) (2006.11.25 – ...)

Archbishop Peter J. Kairo (69)Bishop Peter J. Kairo (69) (later Archbishop)
(1983.03.17 – 1997.04.21)

Born:1941.05.24 (Kenya)
Ordained Priest:1970.11.01
Consecrated Bishop:1983.05.21

Bishop of Murang’a (Kenya) (1983.03.17 – 1997.04.21)

Bishop of Nakuru (Kenya) (1997.04.21 – 2008.04.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Nyeri (Kenya) (2008.04.19 – ...)


as of 2010.07.20

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