Jurisdiction: | Diocese |
Ngong | |
Latin: | Dioecesis Ngongensis |
Metropolitan: | Nairobi |
Rite: | Latin Rite |
Cathedral: | Cathedral of St. Joseph the Worker (dedicated 1st May 2015) |
Area Km2: | 47,000 |
Population: | 942,395 |
Population As Of: | 2004 |
Catholics: | 74,634 |
Catholics Percent: | 7.9 |
Bishop: | John Oballa Owaa |
Emeritus Bishops: | Cornelius Schilder, M.H.M. |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ngong (Latin: Ngongen(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Ngong in the ecclesiastical province of Nairobi in Kenya.
Very Rev. Fr. John Oballa Owaa named the New Bishop of Ngong Diocese, Kenya on 7 January 2012. The diocese had been vacant since the resignation of Bishop Cornelius Schilder, M.H.M. in August 2009. Bishop-elect John Oballa Owaa has up to this date been the Rector of St. Thomas Aquinas Seminary, Nairobi – Kenya. This message was received with joy and gladness by the Seminary Staff and the Seminarians. He was Ordained a priest of Kisumu (Arch-Diocese), Kenya on 28 August 1986. Bishop-elect John Oballa Owaa will be consecrated on 14 April 2012.