Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nairobi

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

Bishops

• Vicar Apostolic of Northern Zanguebar
• * Bishop Jean-Marie-Raoul Le Bas de Courmont
• Vicars Apostolic of Zanzibar
• * Bishop Emile-Auguste Allgeyer
• * Bishop John Gerald Neville
• * Bishop John Heffernan
• * Bishop John Joseph McCarthy ; see below
• Metropolitan Archbishops of Nairobi
• * Archbishop John Joseph McCarthy ; see above
• * Archbishop Maurice Michael Otunga
• * Archbishop Raphael Ndingi Mwana'a Nzeki
• * Archbishop John Njue

  Coadjutor Archbishops

• Raphael Simon Ndingi Mwana’a Nzeki
• Maurice Michael Otunga ; future Cardinal

  Auxiliary Bishops

• Anthony Ireri Mukobo, appointed Vicar Apostolic of Isiolo
• David Kamau Ng’ang’a
• Alfred Kipkoech Arap Rotich, appointed Bishop of Kenya, Military

  Suffragan dioceses

• Kericho
• Kitui
• Machakos
• Nakuru
• Ngong