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Archdiocese of Nyeri Archidioecesis Nyeriensis | |
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Statistics | |
Area | 8,450 km2 (3,260 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | 1,723,680 588,900 (34.2%) |
Parishes | 52 |
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Denomination | Catholicism |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman |
Established | September 14, 1905 |
Cathedral | Our Lady of Consolata, Nyeri |
Secular priests | 161 |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Anthony Muheria |
Suffragans | Embu, Isiolo, Maralal, Marsabit, Meru, Murang'a, Nyahururu |
Bishops emeritus | Peter J. Kairo |
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nyeri (Latin : Archidioecesis Nyeriensis) is the Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical province of Nyeri, one of four in Kenya, Eastern Africa, yet depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.
The cathedral episcopal see of the archbishop is Our Lady of Consolata Cathedral, in Nyeri.
Its ecclesiastical province comprises the Metropolitan's own Archdiocese and the following Suffragan sees :
As per 2014, it pastorally served 490,000 Catholics (34.2% of 1,434,000 total) on 8,450 km² in 48 parishes and 39 missions with 133 priests (121 diocesan, 12 religious), 222 lay religious (72 brothers, 150 sisters) and 73 seminarians.
(all Roman rite)
The Archdiocese of Nyeri consists of eight Deaneries, which comprise the following parishes :
Nyeri Catholic Secretariat, P.O. Box 288 - 10100, Nyeri. Tel: +254 721 785 169
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