Roman Catholic Diocese of Nakuru

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Nakuru () is a diocese located in the city of Nakuru in the ecclesiastical province of Nairobi in Kenya.

History

• January 11, 1968: Established as Diocese of Nakuru from the Diocese of Eldoret, Diocese of Kisumu and Metropolitan Archdiocese of Nairobi

Bishops

• Bishops of Catholic Diocese Nakuru (Roman rite)
• Father Denis Newman, S.P.S. (Apostolic Administrator 1968 – 30 Aug 1971)
• Raphael S. Ndingi Mwana a'Nzeki (30 Aug 1971 Appointed - 14 Jun 1996 Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Nairobi)
• Peter Joseph Kairo (21 Apr 1997 Appointed - 19 Apr 2008 Appointed, Archbishop of Nyeri)
• Maurice Muhatia Makumba (19 Dec 2009 Appointed -18 Feb 2022) (Appointed Archbishop of Kisumu)
• David Kamau Ng'ang'a, Nairobi (Apostolic Administrator 2022 - 2023)
• Cleophas Oseso Tuka (6 March 2023 Appointed -Present)

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

• Dominic Kimengich, appointed auxiliary bishop of Lodwar in 2010
• , appointed auxiliary bishop of Nairobi in 1996

Sources

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy