Jurisdiction: | Diocese |
Wote | |
Latin: | Dioecesis Votensis |
Country: | Kenya |
Metropolitan: | Nairobi |
Territory: | Makueni County |
Province: | Province of Nairobi |
Area Km2: | 8,009 |
Population: | 987,653 |
Catholics: | 388,946 |
Catholics Percent: | 39.38 |
Parishes: | 31 |
Schools: | 200 |
Denomination: | Roman Catholic |
Rite: | Roman Rite |
Cathedral: | Saint Joseph the Worker Cathedral in Wote |
Priests: | 90 |
Bishop Title: | Bishop |
Bishop: | Paul Kariuki Njiru |
Map: | Diocese of Wote KE.svg |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Wote (la|Dioecesis Votensis) is a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Kenya.[1] [2]
On 22 July 2023 the diocese was established from the diocesan territories of Machakos and was made a suffragan diocese of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nairobi.