Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kisumu

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Ecclesiastical province

• Roman Catholic Diocese of Bungoma
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Eldoret, senior daughter
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Homa Bay
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Kakamega
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Kisii, daughter
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Kitale
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Lodwar

  History

• Established on 15 Jul 1925 as Apostolic Prefecture of Kavirondo, on territoty split off from the then Apostolic Vicariate of Upper Nile in Uganda
• Promoted on 27 May 1932 as Apostolic Vicariate of Kisumu
• Promoted on 25 Mar 1953 as Diocese of Kisumu
• Lost territories repeatedly : on 29 Jun 1953 to establish the then Apostolic Prefecture of Eldoret, on 20 Oct 1959 to establish the then Apostolic Prefecture of Ngong, on 21 May 1960 to establish Diocese of Kisii, on 11 Jan 1968 to establish Diocese of Nakuru, on 27 Feb 1978 to establish Diocese of Kakamega
• Promoted on 21 May 1990 as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kisumu

  Bishops

Ordinaries

• Gorgonio Brandsma, Mill Hill Missionaries

• Gorgonio Brandsma, M.H.M., Titular Bishop of Bargala
• Nicolas Stam, M.H.M. , Titular Bishop of Cediæ ; died 1949
• Frederick Hall, M.H.M. , Titular Bishop of Alba Marittima

• Frederick Hall, M.H.M., emeritate as Titular Bishop of Castra nova, died 1988
• Joannes de Reeper, M.H.M. , died 1980; previously Apostolic Prefect of Ngong
• Philip Sulumeti , succeeding as previous Titular Bishop of Urci and Auxiliary Bishop of Kisumu ; next Bishop of Kakamega
• Zacchaeus Okoth

• Zacchaeus Okoth, also President of Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops
• Philip Arnold Subira Anyolo

  Auxiliary Bishops

• Maurice Michael Otunga, appointed Bishop of Kisii; future Cardinal
• Philip Sulumeti, appointed Bishop here

  Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

• John Oballa Owaa, appointed Bishop of Ngong in 2012
• Emmanuel Okombo Wandera, appointed Bishop of Kericho in 2003