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As per 2014, it pastorally served 898,036 Catholics (35.5% of 2,531,000 total on 4,616 km² in 41 parishes and a mission with 95 priests (70 diocesan, 25 religious), 349 lay religious (49 brothers, 300 sisters) and 35 seminarians.
Nicolas Stam, M.H.M. (born Netherlands) (9 Mar 1936 – retired 1946), Titular Bishop of
Cediæ (9 Mar 1936 – 26 May 1949); died 1949
Frederick Hall, M.H.M. (born England, UK) (9 Apr 1948 – 25 Mar 1953 see below), Titular Bishop of
Alba Marittima (9 Apr 1948 – 25 Mar 1953)
Suffragan Bishops of Kisumu
Frederick Hall, M.H.M. (see above 25 Mar 1953 – retired 2 Dec 1963), emeritate as Titular Bishop of Castra nova (2 Dec 1963 – resigned 27 Jul 1976), died 1988
Joannes de Reeper, M.H.M. (born Netherlands) (16 Jan 1964 – retired 20 Mar 1976), died 1980; previously
Apostolic Prefect of
Ngong (Kenya) (15 Jan 1960 – 16 Jan 1964)
Philip Sulumeti (first Kenyan incumbent) (9 Dec 1976 – 28 Feb 1978), succeeding as previous Titular Bishop of
Urci (28 May 1972 – 9 Dec 1976) and
Auxiliary Bishop of Kisumu (28 May 1972 – 9 Dec 1976); next Bishop of
Kakamega (Kenya) (28 Feb 1978 – retired 5 Dec 2014)
Zacchaeus Okoth (27 Feb 1978 – 21 May 1990 see below)
Metropolitan Archbishops of Kisumu
Zacchaeus Okoth (see above 21 May 1990 – retired 12 Jan 2019), also President of Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (1991 – 1997)
Philip Arnold Subira Anyolo (12 Jan 2019 – 28 October 2021); next Metropolitan Archbishop of Nairobi (28 October 2021- ...)