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Diocese of Kakamega Dioecesis Kakamegaensis
Location
Country	Kenya
Metropolitan	Kisumu
Statistics
Area	3,517 km2 (1,358 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	1,988,123 342,123 (17.2%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Joseph Obanyi Sagwe
Bishops emeritus	Philip Sulumeti

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kakamega ( Latin: Kakamegaën(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Kakamega in the ecclesiastical province of Kisumu in Kenya.

History

• February 27, 1978: Established as Diocese of Kakamega from the Diocese of Kisumu

Bishops

• Bishops of Kakamega (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Philip Sulumeti (February 27, 1978 -December 5, 2014 )
  • Bishop Joseph Obanyi Sagwe (since December 5, 2014)

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

• Maurice Muhatia Makumba, appointed Bishop of Nakuru in 2009

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Kenya
• Diocese of Kakamega ^[1]

References

Sources

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy

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