Catholic-Hierarchy DC

Diocese of Kericho

Dioecesis Kerichoensis



Show: All | General Information | Ordinaries | Historical Summary | Statistics | Affiliated Bishops, Living | Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

Bishop(s)

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 6 December 1995
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Nairobi
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Kenya
  • Square Kilometers: 4,800 (1,854 Square Miles)
  • Mailing Address: P.O. Box 1500, 20200 Kericho, Kenya
  • Telephone: (052)2030.485

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
6 December 1995ErectedDiocese of Nakuru (Kericho) Diocese of Kericho (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1999198,4791,567,69412.7%1046563,544365616ap2000
2000195,3741,423,94813.7%716238,494345317ap2001
2001198,6531,480,90613.4%1119306,621213817ap2002
2002220,6231,524,90614.5%1520356,303417017ap2003
2003268,4601,678,99616.0%1520357,670487618ap2004
2004223,8561,554,85014.4%1821395,739406317ap2005
2006225,3601,621,00013.9%2122435,240355217ap2007
2013254,0001,810,00014.0%2914435,906236525ap2014
2016241,6901,606,20015.0%3015455,370296534ap2017
2019253,8101,644,95115.4%3035653,904666444ap2020
2021281,3301,823,68015.4%3153843,3494736648ap2022

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 88, Page 346, and Page 347

============

Home | Countries | Religious Men Women | Popes | Holy See | Roman Curia | Cardinals by Rank
Bishops: All | Living | Deceased | Youngest | Oldest | Cardinal Electors
Dioceses: All | Current Only | Titular | Vacant | Structured View
Events: Overview | Recent | by Date | by Year | Necrology
Ad Limina | Conclaves | Consistories | Councils
Eastern Catholic Churches

============

About Catholic-Hierarchy
Terminology/Site Help
[ Comments/Corrections ] Copyright David M. Cheney, 1996-2024
Code: web_d, v3.4.8, 30 Jun 2024; Data: 3 Aug 2024