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Diocese of Nakuru

Dioecesis Nakurensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Cleophas Oseso Tuka, Bishop

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 11 January 1968
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Nairobi
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Kenya
  • Square Kilometers: 18,149 (7,010 Square Miles)
  • Mailing Address: Bishop's House, P.O. Box 938, 20100 Nakuru, Kenya
  • Telephone: (051)2211.634/5
  • Fax: 2212.844

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
11 January 1968ErectedDiocese of Eldoret
Diocese of Kisumu
Archdiocese of Nairobi
Diocese of Nakuru (erected) (Districts of Nakuru and Kericho)
28 June 1972Territory LostDiocese of Nakuru (Baringo) Diocese of Eldoret
6 December 1995Territory LostDiocese of Nakuru (Kericho) Diocese of Kericho (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
197072,510810,3248.9%248501,4506839ap1971
1980172,5591,366,00012.6%547523,318618134ap1981
1990277,0001,950,00014.2%5628843,2978611743ap1991
1999325,1821,700,00019.1%5236883,69510113033ap2000
2000329,2851,734,00019.0%59431023,22812513034ap2001
2001400,0001,900,00021.1%74471213,30514113834ap2002
2002405,0001,790,00022.6%67471143,55215417335ap2003
2003210,4321,373,11715.3%67511181,78315017136ap2004
2004230,8221,471,45115.7%64391032,24011815538ap2005
2013331,4071,700,33119.5%93401332,4917614147ap2014
2016458,3202,196,85520.9%110301403,2737820747ap2017
2019614,0432,942,01220.9%108351434,29412120153ap2020
2021617,3153,050,41420.2%113401534,03410033856ap2022

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 60, Page 319, and Page 320
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 64, Page 557, and Page 558

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