Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nairobi

Holy Family Cathedral.

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

Wikisource has the text of a 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia article about Apostolic Vicariate of Zanzibar.

The seat of the archbishop is a Minor Basilica, the Cathedral of the Holy Family in Nairobi.

Vicars Apostolic of Northern Zanguebar (Roman rite)
- Bishop Jean-Marie-Raoul Le Bas de Courmont, C.S.Sp. (27 October 1883 – 27 November 1896)
Vicars Apostolic of Zanzibar (Roman rite)
- Bishop Emile-Auguste Allgeyer, C.S.Sp. (17 February 1897 – 3 April 1913)
- Bishop John Gerald Neville, C.S.Sp. (1 September 1913 – 8 March 1930)
Metropolitan Archbishops of Nairobi (Roman rite)
- Archbishop John Joseph McCarthy, C.S.Sp. (25 March 1953 – 24 October 1971)^[1]
- Cardinal Maurice Michael Otunga (24 October 1971 – 14 May 1997)
- Archbishop Raphael S. Ndingi Mwana’a Nzeki (21 April 1997 - 2007)
- Cardinal John Njue (since 6 October 2007)

↑ Archbishop John Joseph McCarthy, C.S.Sp., Catholic hierarchy, retrieved 28 October 2015

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