Diocese of Wote Dioecesis Votensis | |
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Location | |
Country | Kenya |
Territory | Makueni County [1] |
Ecclesiastical province | Province of Nairobi |
Metropolitan | Nairobi |
Statistics | |
Area | 8,009 km2 (3,092 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | 987,653 388,946 (39.38%) |
Parishes | 31 |
Schools | 200 |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | July 22, 2023 |
Cathedral | Saint Joseph the Worker Cathedral in Wote |
Secular priests | 90 |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Paul Kariuki Njiru |
Map | |
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