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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 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholicism |
Rite | Roman |
Established | July 15, 1925 |
Secular priests | 76 |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Maurice Muhatia Makumba |
Suffragans | Bungoma, Eldoret, Homa Bay, Kakamega, Kisii, Kitale, Lodwar |
Bishops emeritus | Zacchaeus Okoth |
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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)
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