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Archdiocese of Nyeri Archidioecesis Nyeriensis | |
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Location | |
Country | Kenya |
Statistics | |
Area | 8,450 km2 (3,260 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | 1,723,680 588,900 (34.2%) |
Parishes | 52 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholicism |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman |
Established | September 14, 1905 |
Cathedral | Our Lady of Consolata, Nyeri |
Secular priests | 161 |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Anthony Muheria |
Suffragans | Embu, Isiolo, Maralal, Marsabit, Meru, Murang'a, Nyahururu |
Bishops emeritus | Peter J. Kairo |
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nyeri (Latin: Archidioecesis Nyeriensis) 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.