The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mombasa ( la, Mombasaën(sis)) is the
Metropolitan See for the
Ecclesiastical province
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of
Mombasa
Mombasa ( ; ) is a coastal city in southeastern Kenya along the Indian Ocean. It was the first capital of the British East Africa, before Nairobi was elevated to capital city status. It now serves as the capital of Mombasa County. The town is ...
in
Kenya
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History
* May 8, 1955: Established as Diocese of Mombasa e Zanzibar from the
Metropolitan Archdiocese of Nairobi
* December 12, 1964: Renamed as Diocese of Mombasa
* May 21, 1990: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Mombasa
Special churches
The seat of the archbishop is
Holy Ghost Cathedral in
Mombasa
Mombasa ( ; ) is a coastal city in southeastern Kenya along the Indian Ocean. It was the first capital of the British East Africa, before Nairobi was elevated to capital city status. It now serves as the capital of Mombasa County. The town is ...
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Bishop
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* Bishop of Mombasa e Zanzibar (Roman rite)
** Bishop Eugene Joseph Butler, C.S.Sp. (1957–1964); '' see below''
* Bishops of Mombasa (Roman rite)
** Bishop
Eugene Joseph Butler,
C.S.Sp.
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(1964–1978); ''see above''
** Bishop
Nicodemus Kirima Nicodemus Kirima (March 3, 1936 – November 27, 2007) was the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Nyeri. Kirima served as the Bishop of the Diocese of Nyeri since 1988 when he was appointed to succeed the late Bishop Caesar Gatimu.
Early life
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(1978–1988), appointed Bishop of Nyeri; future Archbishop
** Bishop
John Njenga (1988–1990); ''see below''
* Metropolitan Archbishops of Mombasa (Roman rite)
** Archbishop
John Njenga (1990–2005); ''see above''
** Archbishop
Boniface Lele (2005–2014 Died)
** Archbishop
Martin Kivuva Musonde (2015–present)
Suffragan dioceses
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Garissa
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Malindi
Malindi is a town on Malindi Bay at the mouth of the Sabaki River, lying on the Indian Ocean coast of Kenya. It is 120 kilometres northeast of Mombasa. The population of Malindi was 119,859 as of the 2019 census. It is the largest urban cent ...
Sources
GCatholic.org*Kenya Conference of Catholi
Bishops
*Archdiocese of Mombas
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