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Archdiocese of Nairobi Archidioecesis Nairobiensis
Interior of the Holy Family Cathedral
Location
Country	Kenya
Ecclesiastical province	Nairobi
Statistics
Area	3,271 km2 (1,263 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2013) 4,687,481 2,911,099 (62.1%)
Parishes	115
Information
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	1860
Cathedral	Holy Family cathedral
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Metropolitan Archbishop	Philip Anyolo
Auxiliary Bishops	None
Website
archdioceseofnairobi.org

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nairobi ( Latin: Nairobien(sis)) is the Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical province of Nairobi in Kenya, and the Primatial see for Kenya.

History

• 26 February 1860: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Zanguebar from the Diocese of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion in Réunion
• 23 November 1883: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Zanguebar
• 1887: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Zanguebar
• 21 December 1906: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Zanzibar
• 25 March 1953: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Nairobi

Wikisource has the text of a 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia article about Apostolic Vicariate of Zanzibar.

Special churches

The seat of the archbishop is a minor basilica, the Cathedral of the Holy Family in Nairobi.

Bishops

• Vicar Apostolic of Northern Zanguebar (Latin Church)
  • Bishop Jean-Marie-Raoul Le Bas de Courmont (27 October 1883 – 27 November 1896)
• Vicars Apostolic of Zanzibar (Latin Church)
  • Bishop Emile-Auguste Allgeyer (17 February 1897 – 3 April 1913)
  • Bishop John Gerald Neville (1 September 1913 – 8 March 1930)
  • Bishop John William Heffernan (15 March 1932 - 7 June 1945)
  • Bishop John Joseph McCarthy (11 July 1946 – 25 March 1953); see below
• Metropolitan Archbishops of Nairobi (Latin Church)
  • Archbishop John Joseph McCarthy (25 March 1953 – 24 October 1971); ^[1] see above
  • Archbishop Maurice Michael Otunga (24 October 1971 – 14 May 1997) ( Cardinal in 1973)
  • Archbishop Raphael Ndingi Mwana'a Nzeki (21 April 1997 – 6 October 2007)
  • Archbishop John Njue (6 October 2007 – 4 January 2021) (Cardinal in 2007)
  • Archbishop Philip Anyolo (28 October 2021 – present) ^[2]

Coadjutor Archbishops

• Raphael Simon Ndingi Mwana’a Nzeki (1996-1997)
• Maurice Michael Otunga (1969-1971); future Cardinal

Auxiliary Bishops

• Anthony Ireri Mukobo (1999-2006), appointed Vicar Apostolic of Isiolo
• David Kamau Ng’ang’a (1999-)
• Alfred Kipkoech Arap Rotich (1996-1997), appointed Bishop of Kenya, Military
• Simon Peter Kamomoe (2024-) ^[3]
• Wallace Ng’ang’a Gachihi (2024-) ^[3]

Suffragan dioceses

• Kericho
• Kitui
• Machakos
• Nakuru
• Ngong

References

Sources

• GCatholic.org

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