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Anglican dioceses of Mount KenyaThe Anglican dioceses of Mount Kenya are the Anglican presence in east-central, north and north-east Kenya; they are part of the Anglican Church of Kenya. The remaining dioceses of the Church area in the areas of Mombasa, of Maseno, and of Nakuru. Diocese of Mount Kenya South
The Diocese of Fort Hall was renamed as Mount Kenya diocese in 1964, a few years after its erection from the Diocese of Mombasa; it was then split in 1975, into East and South; Kariuki, the last Bishop of Mount Kenya, became the first Bishop of Mount Kenya South. The Central diocese was split off in 1984, the West in 1993, and then Thika diocese (from the South and Central dioceses) in 1998.[1] The present cathedral is St James's Cathedral Kiambu.[2] Bishops of Fort Hall
Bishops of Mount Kenya
Bishops of Mount Kenya South
Diocese of Embu
The Diocese of Mount Kenya East was erected from Mount Kenya diocese in 1975 and was itself then split on 1 July 1990, when Kirinyaga diocese was formed: Gitari was elected to that See, but the old cathedral of the eastern mountain diocese was in the new Embu diocese. On 1 July 1997, the Diocese was split again to create Mbeere diocese.[8] Bishops of Mount Kenya East
Bishops of Embu
Diocese of Mount Kenya Central
Erected in 1984[11] on the division of Mount Kenya South diocese, the Central diocese was itself split in 1993 (Mount Kenya West) and in 1998 (Thika).[12] Bishops of Mount Kenya Central
Diocese of Kirinyaga
The Kirinyaga diocese was created in July 1990 from the Diocese of Mount Kenya East; the Diocese of Meru was split from this diocese in 1997.[14] Bishops of Kirinyaga
Diocese of Mount Kenya West
Mount Kenya West was erected in 1993 from Mount Kenya Central.[16] Bishops of Mount Kenya WestBetween the diocese's erection and Chipman's consecration, the archdeacon, Domenic Mûthoga Ndaî, was Archbishop's Commissary (acting bishop).[17]
Diocese of Mbeere
The Diocese of Mbeere was erected from the Diocese of Embu on 1 July 1997.[18] Bishops of Mbeere
Diocese of Meru
1 July 1997 also saw the creation of the Diocese of Meru from the Diocese of Kirinyaga.[19] Bishops of Meru
Diocese of Thika
Thika diocese was created from portions of two dioceses — Mount Kenya South and Mount Kenya Central — on 1 July 1998.[20] Bishops of ThikaAt the first diocesan synod, 2 July 1998, John Mutonga, the archdeacon, was named the Archbishop's Commissary (i.e. acting bishop) until the first bishop's consecration.[21]
Diocese of Marsabit
Marsabit, then in the Diocese of Kirinyaga, was erected into a Mission Area directly under the Archbishop in 2008 — it was therefore part of the All Saints' Cathedral Diocese — and eventually given autonomy as its own diocese in 2011.[22] Bishops of MarsabitRob Martin was the bishop for the Mission Area from 2008, as a suffragan bishop of the Archbishop and therefore of the All Saints' Cathedral Diocese.
Diocese of Murang'a South
Similarly, Murang'a South was another Mission Area of All Saints' from 2008, but originally part of Kirinyaga diocese. It has been a diocese in its own right since 2013. Bishops of Murang'a South
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