Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nairobi

Archdiocese of Nairobi
Archdiocese of Nairobi; Archidioecesis Nairobiensis
	Interior of the Holy Family catedral
Location
Country	Kenya
Ecclesiastical province	Nairobi
Statistics
Area	3,271 km2 (1,263 sq mi)
Population; - Total; - Catholics	(as of 2013); 4,687,481; 2,911,099 (62.1%)
Parishes	105
Information
Rite	Roman
Established	1860
Cathedral	Holy Family catedral
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Metropolitan Archbishop	John Njue
Auxiliary Bishops	David Kamau Ng'ang'a
Emeritus Bishops	Raphael S. Ndingi Mwana'a Nzeki
Website
	archdioceseofnairobi.org

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

The seat of the archbishop is a Minor Basilica, the Cathedral of the Holy Family in Nairobi.

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)

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

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