Roman Catholic Diocese of Muranga

The Diocese of Muranga (Latin: Dioecesis Murangaensis ) is located in Kenya Diocese of the Roman Catholic church located in Muranga. It includes the districts of Murang'a, Kirinyaga and Maragua and the division of the district Gatanga Thika in the Central Province.

History

Pope John Paul II founded it with the Apostolic Constitution Quandoquidem aeternam on March 17, 1983, cessions of territory of the diocese of Nyeri and it became the Archdiocese of Nairobi assumed as suffragan.

On 21 May 1990, it was part of the ecclesiastical province of the Archdiocese of Nyeri.

Bishops of Muranga

• Peter J. Cairo ( 17 March 1983 - 21 April 1997, then Bishop of Nakuru )
• Peter Kihara Kariuki IMC (June 3, 1999 - November 25, 2006, then Bishop of Marsabit )
• James Maria Wainaina Kungu ( since 4 April 2009)