Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nairobi

Holy Family Cathedral.

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nairobi (Latin: 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 Zanguebar from the Diocese of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion in Réunion

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 and Minor Basilica is the Cathedral of the Holy Family in Nairobi.

Leadership

• Vicars Apostolic of Northern Zanguebar (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Jean-Marie-Raoul Le Bas de Courmont, C.S.Sp. (27 October 1883 – 27 November 1896)
• Vicars Apostolic of Zanzibar (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Emile-Auguste Allgeyer, C.S.Sp. (17 February 1897 – 3 April 1913)
  • Bishop John Gerald Neville, C.S.Sp. (1 September 1913 – 8 March 1930)
• Metropolitan Archbishops of Nairobi (Roman rite)
  • Archbishop John Joseph McCarthy, C.S.Sp. (25 March 1953 – 24 October 1971)^[1]
  • Cardinal Maurice Michael Otunga (24 October 1971 – 14 May 1997)
  • Archbishop Raphael S. Ndingi Mwana’a Nzeki (21 April 1997 - 2007)
  • Cardinal John Njue (since 6 October 2007)

Suffragan dioceses

• Kericho
• Kitui
• Machakos
• Nakuru
• Ngong

References

1. Archbishop John Joseph McCarthy, C.S.Sp., Catholic hierarchy, retrieved 28 October 2015

Sources

• GCatholic.org

Coordinates: 1°17′14″S 36°49′14″E / 1.2871°S 36.8205°E