Archdiocese of Mombasa

Archdiocese of Mombasa; Archidioecesis Mombasaensis
	Facade of the Mombasa Cathedral
Location
Country	Kenya
Ecclesiastical province	Mombasa
Statistics
Area	38,000 km2 (15,000 sq mi)
Population; Total; Catholics	(as of 2015); 2,374,309; 346,382 (14.6%)
Parishes	52
Information
Rite	Roman
Established	1955
Cathedral	Holy Ghost Cathedral
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Metropolitan Archbishop	Martin Kivuva Musonde
Website
	mombasacatholic.org

Archdiocese of Mombasa — The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mombasa (Latin: Mombasaën(sis)) is the Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical province of Mombasa in Kenya.

History

May 8, 1955: Established as Diocese of Mombasa e Zanzibar from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Nairobi
December 12, 1964: Renamed as Diocese of Mombasa
May 21, 1990: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Mombasa

The seat of the archbishop is Holy Ghost Cathedral in Mombasa.

Bishop of Mombasa e Zanzibar (Roman rite)
- Bishop Eugene Joseph Butler, C.S.Sp. (1957–1964); see below
Bishops of Mombasa (Roman rite)
- Bishop Eugene Joseph Butler, C.S.Sp. (1964–1978); see above
- Bishop Nicodemus Kirima (1978–1988), appointed Bishop of Nyeri; future Archbishop
- Bishop John Njenga (1988–1990); see below
Metropolitan Archbishops of Mombasa (Roman rite)
- Archbishop John Joseph Njenga (1990–2005); see above
- Archbishop Boniface Lele (2005–2014 Died)
- Archbishop Martin Kivuva Musonde (2015–present)

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mombasa is a metropolitan archdiocese of the Catholic Church.^[1]