Roman Catholic Diocese of Meru

You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in Italian. (February 2011) Click [show] for important translation instructions. View a machine-translated version of the Italian article. Machine translation, like DeepL or Google Translate, is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Wikipedia. Consider adding a topic to this template: there are already 3,074 articles in the main category, and specifying|topic= will aid in categorization. Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality. If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign-language article. You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation. A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing Italian Wikipedia article at [[:it:Diocesi di Meru]]; see its history for attribution. You may also add the template {{Translated|it|Diocesi di Meru}} to the talk page. For more guidance, see Wikipedia:Translation.

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Meru (Latin: Dioecesis Meruensis) is a diocese located in the city of Meru in the ecclesiastical province of Nyeri in Kenya.

History

• March 10, 1926: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Meru from the Apostolic Vicariate of Kenya
• May 7, 1953: Promoted as Diocese of Meru

Bishops

• Prefects Apostolic of Meru (Roman rite)
  • Fr. Giovanni Balbo, I.M.C. (1926 – 1929)
  • Fr. Carlo Re, I.M.C. (1930 – 16 Sep 1936), concurrently appointed titular bishop and Vicar Apostolic of Nyeri in 1931
  • Fr. José Nepote-Fus, I.M.C. (16 Sep 1936 – 7 Aug 1948), appointed Apostolic Administrator of Rio Branco, Brazil in 1948; future Bishop
  • Fr. Carlo Maria Cavallera, I.M.C. (Apostolic Administrator 1947 – 3 Mar 1954), concurrently appointed Bishop of Nyeri in 1953
• Bishops of Meru (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Lawrence Bessone, I.M.C. (3 Mar 1954 – 7 Apr 1976)
  • Bishop Silas Silvius Njiru (9 Dec 1976 – 18 Mar 2004)
  • Bishop Salesius Mugambi (since 18 Mar 2004)

Coadjutor Bishop

• Salesius Mugambi (2001-2004)

Auxiliary Bishop

• Silas Silvius Njiru (1975-1976), appointed Bishop here

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Kenya

Sources

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy

0°03′08″N 37°38′54″E / 0.0522°N 37.6483°E / 0.0522; 37.6483

This Kenya related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e

This article on a Roman Catholic diocese in Africa is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e