Chronology of Catholic Dioceses:Kenya
See a list of abbreviations used in this list. See also our listing of current ecclesial jurisdictions.
- Regarding Western Kenya:
- 1204
- Constantinople / Konstantinopolis (Latin Patriarchate from now, de facto established by the Pope through Venice) - (Latin Empire of Constantinople) Turkey
- 1742
- Constantinople / Konstantinopolis (AV, supplanting the Latin Patriarchal vicars / suffragan bishops) - (Ottoman Empire) Turkey
- 1760
- Aleppo [Lat.] (AV, detached from AV Constantinople) - Syria
- 1817
- Vicariate Apostolic of Syria, Egypt, Arabia and Cyprus [Lat.] (AV, reestablished with new name, previously Aleppo) - Syria, Egypt, Arabian Peninsula, Cyprus
- 1839
- Abyssinia [Lat.] (AV, detached from Apostolic Vicariate of Syria, Egypt, Arabia and Cyprus) -Abyssinia
- 1846
- Sudan / Central Africa (AV, detached from Abyssinia AV) - Sudan, etc.
- 1880
- Nyanza (AV, detached from Sudan / Central Africa AV) - Uganda, Tanzania, etc.
- 1883
- Victoria-Nyanza (AV, new name, previously Nyanza AV) - Uganda, Tanzania, etc.
- 1894
- Upper Nile (AV, detached from Victoria-Nyanza AV) - Uganda, Kenya, etc.
- Regarding Eastern Kenya:
- 1514
- Funchal (established by the Portuguese, see footnote) - Portugal
- 1533
- Goa (detached from Funchal) - India
- 1558
- Malacca (detached from Goa) - Malaysia
- 1712
- Islands of the Indian Ocean (AP, detached from Malacca) - Indian Ocean
- 1818
- Bourbon (AP, new name, previously Islands of the Indian Ocean) - Reunion, Indian Ocean, etc.
- 1850
- Saint-Denis-de-La-Réunion (D, and new name, previously Bourbon AP) - Reunion
- 1860
- Zanguebar (AP, detached from Saint-Denis-de-La-Réunion) - (Zanzibar) Tanzania
- 1883
- Zanguebar (AV) - (Zanzibar) Tanzania
- 1887
- Northern Zanguebar (AV, new name, previously Zanguebar AV) - Kenya
- 1905
- Kenya (Mission "sui iuris", detached from Northern Zanguebar AV) - Kenya
- 1906
- Zanzibar (AV, new name, previously Northern Zanguebar AV) - Kenya
- 1909
- Kenya (AV) - Kenya
- 1925
- Kavirondo (AP, detached from Upper Nile AV) - Kenya
- 1926
- Nyeri (AV, new name, previously Kenya AV) - Kenya
- 1926
- Meru (AP, detached from Kenya AV) - Kenya
- 1932
- Kisumu (AV, and new name, previously Kavirondo AP) - Kenya
- 1953
- Kisumu - Kenya
- 1953
- Meru - Kenya
- 1953
- Nairobi (Metr., and new name, previously Zanzibar AV) - Kenya
- 1953
- Nyeri - Kenya
- 1953
- Eldoret (AP, detached from Kisumu) - Kenya
- 1955
- Mombasa and Zanzibar (detached from Nairobi) - Kenya/Tanzania
- 1956
- Kitui (AP, detached from Nairobi, and from Meru) - Kenya
- 1959
- Eldoret - Kenya
- 1959
- Ngong (AP, detached from Nairobi, and from Kisumu) - Kenya
- 1960
- Kisii (detached from Kisumu) - Kenya
- 1961
- Kenya (Mil.Ord.) - Kenya
- 1963
- Kitui - Kenya
- 1964
- Mombasa (new name, previously Mombasa and Zanzibar) - Kenya
- 1964
- Marsabit (detached from Nyeri) - Kenya
- 1968
- Lodwar (AP, detached from Eldoret) - Kenya
- 1968
- Nakuru (detached from Eldoret, from Kisumu, and from Nairobi) - Kenya
- 1969
- Machakos (detached from Nairobi) - Kenya
- 1976
- Ngong - Kenya
- 1976
- Garissa (AP, detached from Meru, and from Mombasa) - Kenya
- 1978
- Lodwar - Kenya
- 1978
- Kakamega (detached from Kisumu) - Kenya
- 1983
- Muranga (detached from Nyeri) - Kenya
- 1984
- Garissa - Kenya
- 1986
- Embu (detached from Meru) - Kenya
- 1987
- Bungoma (detached from Kakamega) - Kenya
- 1990
- Kisumu (Metr., was part of the Metropolitan Province of Nairobi) - Kenya
- 1990
- Mombasa (Metr., was part of the Metropolitan Province of Nairobi) - Kenya
- 1990
- Nyeri (Metr., was part of the Metropolitan Province of Nairobi) - Kenya
- 1993
- Homa Bay (detached from Kisii) - Kenya
- 1995
- Isiolo (AP, detached from Meru) - Kenya
- 1995
- Kericho (detached from Nakuru) - Kenya
- 1998
- Kitale (detached from Eldoret) - Kenya
- 2000
- Malindi (detached from Mombasa, and from Garissa) - Kenya
- 2001
- Maralal (detached from Marsabit) - Kenya
- 2002
- Nyahururu (detached from Nyeri) - Kenya
- 2023
- Isiolo (D, previously AV) - Kenya
- 2023
- Wote (detached from Machakos) - Kenya