The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nyeri is the Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical province of Nyeri, one of four in Kenya, Eastern Africa, yet depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. The cathedral episcopal see of the archbishop is Our Lady of Consolata Cathedral, in Nyeri.

History

Ecclesiastical Province

Its ecclesiastical province comprises the Metropolitan's own Archdiocese and the following Suffragan sees :

Statistics

As per 2014, it pastorally served 490,000 Catholics (34.2% of 1,434,000 total) on 8,450 km² in 48 parishes and 39 missions with 133 priests (121 diocesan, 12 religious), 222 lay religious (72 brothers, 150 sisters) and 73 seminarians.

Bishops

(all Roman rite)

Ordinaries

Coadjutor Archbishop

Auxiliary Bishop

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

Parishes by Deanery

The Archdiocese of Nyeri consists of eight Deaneries, which comprise the following parishes :

Contacts

Nyeri Catholic Secretariat, P.O. Box 288 - 10100, Nyeri. Tel: +254 721 785 169

Sources and external links