Archdiocese of Nairobi, Kenya 🇰🇪
Celebrations
History
- 1953.03.25: Established as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Nairobi / Nairobien(sis) (Latin) (from the suppressed Apostolic Vicariate of Zanzibar and with suffragan sees Kisumu and Nyeri)
- 1953.05.07: Gained suffragan see Meru
- 1955.05.08: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Mombasa and Zanzibar and gained suffragan see Mombasa and Zanzibar
- 1956.02.20: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Kitui
- 1959.10.13: Gained suffragan see Eldoret
- 1959.10.20: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Ngong
- 1960.05.21: Gained suffragan see Kisii
- 1963.11.16: Gained suffragan see Kitui
- 1964.11.25: Gained suffragan see Marsabit
- 1968.01.11: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Nakuru and gained suffragan see Nakuru
- 1969.05.29: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Machakos and gained suffragan see Machakos
- 1976.12.09: Gained suffragan see Ngong
- 1978.01.30: Gained suffragan see Lodwar
- 1978.02.27: Gained suffragan see Kakamega
- 1983.03.17: Gained suffragan see Murang’a
- 1984.02.03: Gained suffragan see Garissa
- 1986.06.09: Gained suffragan see Embu
- 1987.04.27: Gained suffragan see Bungoma
- 1990.05.21: Lost suffragan sees Bungoma, Eldoret, Embu, Garissa, Kakamega, Kisii, Kisumu, Lodwar, Marsabit, Meru, Mombasa, Murang’a and Nyeri
- 1995.12.06: Gained suffragan see Kericho
- 2023.07.22: Gained suffragan see Wote
Papal Visits
Statistics (2022.12.31)
Area: 3,721 km²
Population: 3,680,860 Catholics (48.6% of 7,569,627 total)
Pastoral Centres: 117 parishes
Personnel: 1,170 priests (200 diocesan, 970 religious), 5,233 religious (1,833 brothers, 3,400 sisters), 42 seminarians