Archdiocese of Kisumu

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kisumu is the Latin Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical province of Kisumu in western Kenya.
The cathedral archiepiscopal see is St. Theresa’s Cathedral, in Kisumu, Kisumu County.

Statistics

As per 2014, it pastorally served 898,036 Catholics, 349 lay religious and 35 seminarians.

Its Suffragan sees are:

Established on 15 Jul 1925 as Apostolic Prefecture of Kavirondo, on territory split off from the then Apostolic Vicariate of Upper Nile in Uganda
Promoted on 27 May 1932 as Apostolic Vicariate of Kisumu
Promoted on 25 Mar 1953 as Diocese of Kisumu
Lost territories repeatedly : on 29 Jun 1953 to establish the then Apostolic Prefecture of Eldoret, on 20 Oct 1959 to establish the then Apostolic Prefecture of Ngong, on 21 May 1960 to establish Diocese of Kisii, on 11 Jan 1968 to establish Diocese of Nakuru, on 27 Feb 1978 to establish Diocese of Kakamega
Promoted on 21 May 1990 as '''Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kisumu'''

; Apostolic Prefect of Kavirondo

;Apostolic Vicars of Kisumu

;Suffragan Bishops of Kisumu

Frederick Hall, M.H.M., emeritate as Titular Bishop of Castra nova, died 1988
Joannes de Reeper, M.H.M., died 1980; previously Apostolic Prefect of Ngong
Philip Sulumeti, succeeding as previous Titular Bishop of Urci and Auxiliary Bishop of Kisumu ; next Bishop of Kakamega
Zacchaeus Okoth

;Metropolitan Archbishops of Kisumu

John Oballa Owaa, appointed Bishop of Ngong in 2012
Emmanuel Okombo Wandera, appointed Bishop of Kericho in 2003
Linus Okok Okwach, appointed bishop of Homa Bay 18 October 1993, resigned, 20 Feb 2002, died 12 September 2020