Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nairobi

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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nairobi (

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

• 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
    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]

• 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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