Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nairobi explained

Jurisdiction:	Archdiocese
Nairobi
Latin:	Archidioecesis Nairobiensis
Country:	Kenya
Province:	Nairobi
Rite:	Roman Rite
Sui Iuris Church:	Latin Church
Established:	1860
Cathedral:	Holy Family cathedral
Area Km2:	3,271
Population:	4,687,481
Population As Of:	2013
Catholics:	2,911,099
Catholics Percent:	62.1
Parishes:	115
Metro Archbishop:	Philip Anyolo
Bishop Title:	Metropolitan Archbishop
Auxiliary Bishops:	None
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.

Vicar Apostolic of Northern Zanguebar (Latin Church)
- Bishop Jean-Marie-Raoul Le Bas de Courmont (27 October 1883 – 27 November 1896)
Vicars Apostolic of Zanzibar (Latin Church)
- Bishop Emile-Auguste Allgeyer (17 February 1897 – 3 April 1913)
- Bishop John Gerald Neville (1 September 1913 – 8 March 1930)
- Bishop John William Heffernan (15 March 1932 - 7 June 1945)
- Bishop John Joseph McCarthy (11 July 1946 – 25 March 1953); see below
Metropolitan Archbishops of Nairobi (Latin Church)
- Archbishop John Joseph McCarthy (25 March 1953 – 24 October 1971);^[1] see above
- Archbishop Maurice Michael Otunga (24 October 1971 – 14 May 1997) (Cardinal in 1973)
- Archbishop Raphael Ndingi Mwana'a Nzeki (21 April 1997 – 6 October 2007)
- Archbishop John Njue (6 October 2007 – 4 January 2021) (Cardinal in 2007)
- Archbishop Philip Anyolo (28 October 2021 – present)^[2]