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Diocese of Ngong Dioecesis Ngongensis | |
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Location | |
Country | Kenya |
Metropolitan | Nairobi |
Statistics | |
Area | 47,000 km2 (18,000 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 942,395 74,634 (7.9%) |
Information | |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Cathedral | Cathedral of St. Joseph the Worker (dedicated 1st May 2015) |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | John Oballa Owaa |
Bishops emeritus | 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.
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the corresponding article in Italian. (January 2012) Click [show] for important translation instructions.
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Diocese of Ngong Dioecesis Ngongensis | |
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Location | |
Country | Kenya |
Metropolitan | Nairobi |
Statistics | |
Area | 47,000 km2 (18,000 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 942,395 74,634 (7.9%) |
Information | |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Cathedral | Cathedral of St. Joseph the Worker (dedicated 1st May 2015) |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | John Oballa Owaa |
Bishops emeritus | 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.