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Archidioecesis Kisumuensis
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Location | |
Country | Kenya |
Statistics | |
Area | 4,616 km2 (1,782 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | 3,443,161 1,936,400 (56.2%) |
Parishes | 60 |
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Denomination | Catholicism |
Rite | Roman |
Established | July 15, 1925 (1925-07-15) |
Secular priests | 76 |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Maurice Muhatia Makumba |
Suffragans | Bungoma, Eldoret, Homa Bay, Kakamega, Kisii, Kitale, Lodwar |
Bishops emeritus | Zacchaeus Okoth |
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kisumu (Latin: Kisumuen(sis)) is the Latin Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical provinceofKisumu in western Kenya.
The cathedral archiepiscopal see is St. Theresa’s Cathedral, in Kisumu, Kisumu County.
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.
Its Suffragan sees are:
(all Roman rite)
0°05′30″S 34°46′02″E / 0.0917°S 34.7671°E / -0.0917; 34.7671