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Diocese of

Nakuru

Kenya Kenya

Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese

Ecclesiastical Province: Nairobi

History

  • 1968.01.11: Established as Diocese of Nakuru / Nakuren(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Kisumu, Metropolitan Archdiocese of Nairobi and Diocese of Eldoret)
  • 1995.12.06: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Kericho

Special Churches

Present Prelates

Bishop (2009.12.19 – ...):Bishop Maurice Muhatia Makumba (43)Bishop Maurice Muhatia Makumba (43)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Nakuru (Roman Rite)

Bishop Maurice Muhatia Makumba (43)Bishop Maurice Muhatia Makumba (43)
(2009.12.19 – ...)

Born:1968.05.19 (Kenya)
Ordained Priest:1994.10.15
Consecrated Bishop:2010.02.27

Bishop of Nakuru (Kenya) (2009.12.19 – ...)

Archbishop Peter J. Kairo (70)Bishop Peter J. Kairo (70) (later Archbishop)
(1997.04.21 – 2008.04.19)

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 – ...)

Archbishop Raphael S. Ndingi Mwana’a Nzeki (80)Bishop Raphael S. Ndingi Mwana’a Nzeki (80) (later Archbishop)
(1971.08.30 – 1996.06.14)

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)

Fr. Denis Newman, S.P.S.
(Apostolic Administrator 1968 – 1971.08.30)

as of 2012.01.15

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