Roman Catholic Diocese of Eldoret

Diocese of Eldoret Dioecesis Eldoretensis
Location
Country	Kenya
Metropolitan	Kisumu
Statistics
Area	9,254 km2 (3,573 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2006) 1,623,648 401,703 (24.7%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Cathedral	Sacred Heart of Jesus Cathedral
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Rev. Dominic Kimengich

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

History

• June 29, 1953: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Eldoret from the Diocese of Kisumu
• October 13, 1959: Promoted as Diocese of Eldoret

Bishops

Ordinaries

• Prefect Apostolic of Eldoret (Roman rite)
  • Father Joseph Brendan Houlihan, S.P.S. (1954 - 13 Oct 1959); see below
• Bishops of Eldoret (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Joseph Brendan Houlihan, S.P.S. (13 Oct 1959 – 19 Oct 1970); see above
  • Bishop John Njenga (19 Oct 1970 – 25 Oct 1988), appointed Bishop of Mombasa; future Archbishop
  • Bishop Cornelius Kipng’eno Arap Korir (2 Apr 1990 – 30 Oct 2017); given the 2009 Milele lifetime achievement award from Kenya's National Commission on Human Rights
  • Bishop Dominic Kimengich (16 Nov 2019 -)

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Kenya
• Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops http://www.kccb.or.ke/

Sources

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy
• The Leaven. [1]