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, and the

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for Kenya.

History

*26 February 1860: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Zanguebar from the

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*23 November 1883: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Zanguebar *1887: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Zanguebar *21 December 1906: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Zanzibar *25 March 1953: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Nairobi

Special churches

The seat of the archbishop is a

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, the Cathedral of the Holy Family in Nairobi.

Bishops

* Vicar Apostolic of Northern Zanguebar (Latin Church) ** Bishop Jean-Marie-Raoul Le Bas de Courmont (27 October 1883 – 27 November 1896) * Vicars Apostolic of Zanzibar (Latin Church) ** Bishop Emile-Auguste Allgeyer (17 February 1897 – 3 April 1913) **

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(1 September 1913 – 8 March 1930) ** Bishop John Heffernan (15 March 1932 - 7 June 1945) ** Bishop

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(11 July 1946 – 25 March 1953); ''see below'' * Metropolitan Archbishops of Nairobi (Latin Church) ** Archbishop

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(25 March 1953 – 24 October 1971);Archbishop John Joseph McCarthy
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(24 October 1971 – 14 May 1997) (

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in 1973) ** Archbishop Raphael Ndingi Mwana'a Nzeki (21 April 1997 – 6 October 2007) ** Archbishop

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(6 October 2007 – 4 January 2021) (Cardinal in 2007) ** Archbishop Philip Anyolo (28 October 2021 – present)

Coadjutor Archbishops

* Raphael Simon Ndingi Mwana’a Nzeki (1996-1997) *

(1969-1971); future Cardinal

Auxiliary Bishops

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(1999-2006), appointed Vicar Apostolic of Isiolo *

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(1999-) *

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(1996-1997), appointed Bishop of Kenya, Military

Suffragan dioceses

Kericho Kericho is the biggest town in Kericho County located in the highlands west of the Kenyan Rift Valley. Standing on the edge of the Mau Forest, Kericho has a warm and temperate climate making it an ideal location for agriculture and in partic ...

Kitui Kitui is a town and capital of Kitui County in Kenya, 180 kilometres east of Nairobi and 105 kilometres east of Machakos. it covers an area approximately 30,496.4 km squares and lies between latitudes 0°10 South and 3°0 South and longitudes ...

Machakos Machakos, also called Masaku is a town in Kenya, southeast of Nairobi. It is the capital of the Machakos County, Kenya. Its population is rapidly growing and was 150,041 as of 2009 and Machakos County had a population of 1,421,932 as of 201 ...

Nakuru Nakuru is a city in the Rift Valley region of Kenya. It is the capital of Nakuru County, and was formerly the capital of Rift Valley Province. As of 2019, Nakuru had an urban and rural population of 570,674 inhabitants, making it the largest ...

* Ngong

References

Sources

GCatholic.org
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