Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mombasa

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mombasa (Latin: Mombasaën(sis)) is the Metropolitan See for the Ecclesiastical province of Mombasa in Kenya.

Archdiocese of Mombasa Archidioecesis Mombasaensis
Facade of the Mombasa Cathedral
Location
Country	Kenya
Ecclesiastical province	Mombasa
Statistics
Area	38,000 km^2 (15,000 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2015) 2,374,309 346,382 (14.6%)
Parishes	52
Information
Rite	Roman
Established	1955
Cathedral	Holy Ghost Cathedral
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Metropolitan Archbishop	Martin Kivuva Musonde
Website
mombasacatholic.org

History

• May 8, 1955: Established as Diocese of Mombasa e Zanzibar from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Nairobi
• December 12, 1964: Renamed as Diocese of Mombasa
• May 21, 1990: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Mombasa

Special churches

The seat of the archbishop is Holy Ghost Cathedral in Mombasa.

Bishops [1]

• Bishop of Mombasa e Zanzibar (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Eugene Joseph Butler, C.S.Sp. (1957–1964); see below
• Bishops of Mombasa (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Eugene Joseph Butler, C.S.Sp. (1964–1978); see above
  • Bishop Nicodemus Kirima (1978–1988), appointed Bishop of Nyeri; future Archbishop
  • Bishop John Njenga (1988–1990); see below
• Metropolitan Archbishops of Mombasa (Roman rite)
  • Archbishop John Njenga (1990–2005); see above
  • Archbishop Boniface Lele (2005–2014 Died)
  • Archbishop Martin Kivuva Musonde (2015–present)

Suffragan dioceses

• Garissa
• Malindi

Sources

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy
• Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops
• Archdiocese of Mombasa [2]