The Roman Catholic Diocese of Wote ( lat, Dioecesis Votensis) is a
diocese
In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associa ...
of the
Roman Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a ...
in
Kenya
)
, national_anthem = " Ee Mungu Nguvu Yetu"()
, image_map =
, map_caption =
, image_map2 =
, capital = Nairobi
, coordinates =
, largest_city = Nairobi
...
.
History
22 July 2023: the diocese was established from the diocesan territories of
Machakos and was made a suffragan diocese of the
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nairobi
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nairobi ( la, Nairobien(sis)) is the Metropolitan See for the Ecclesiastical province of Nairobi in Kenya, and the Primatial see for Kenya.
History
*26 February 1860: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Zang ...
.
See also
*
Roman Catholicism in Kenya
The Catholic Church in Kenya is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Kenyan Conference of Catholic Bishops and the Pope in the Vatican City.
The earliest traces of the Catholic Church in Kenya begin with th ...
References
Roman Catholic dioceses in Kenya
Christian organizations established in 2023
Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 21st century
Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Nairobi
{{RC-diocese-stub