1. ORDINARY:
Rt. Rev. Emmanuel Okombo
P.O Box 1500-20200 Kericho
Tel: 254-052-30485
Fax: (052) 30491
Email: dok@africaonline.co.ke
Email: eokombo@africaonline.co.ke

II. BRIEF HISTORY:
The Diocese of Kericho was split from Catholic Diocese of Nakuru at the end of 1995. It covers the three districts of Kericho, Bureti and Bomet in the Rift Valley Province of Kenya.  THe first Bishop was Rt. Rev. Philip Anyolo, who was transferred to Homa-Bay diocese.  He was succeeded by Rt. Rev. Emmanuel Okombo on May 24, 2004.

III. STATISTICS
Area (Square kilometers): 4,800
Total population: 1,578,000
Catholics:  224,300
Deanaries: 3 
Parishes: 17

Priests 45

Catechists: 392

V.PARISHES:

1. ABBEY (Our Lady of Victoria):
 P.O. Box 40, Kipkelion. Tel. (052) 21233/30096, Fax: (052) -30632

2. BOMET (St. Michael’s): (1964):
 P.O. Box 9, Bomet Tel. (052) 22030

3. KAPLONG (St. Peter & Paul): (1946)
 P.O. Box 90, Sotik.Tel. (052) 32056
      
4. KERICHO CATHEDRAL (Sacred Heart): (1935)
 P.O. Box 178, Kericho, Tel. (052) 30495

5. KIPCHIMCHIM (Our Lady of Fatima): (1988)
 P.O. Box 162, Kericho Tel. (052) 20292
 
6. KIPKELION (Our Lady of Mercy) (1981):
 P.O. Box 19, Kipkelion, Tel. (052) 64223
 
7. KIPTERE (St. Francis): (1992)
  P.O. Box 39, Kiptere Tel. (052) 40227
 

8. LITEIN (St. Mark’s) (1972):
 P.O. Box 113, Jjtein, Tel. (052) 54034
 

9. LONDIANI (St. Kizito’s): (1972)
 P.O. Box 100, Londiarii Tel. (052) 64025
 

10. LONGISA (St. RaphaePs) (1975):
 P.O. Box 24, Longisa Tel. 6 Longisa
  
11. MARINYIN (St. Joseph’s): (1992)  
 P.O. Box 226, Bomet Tel: (052) 21338
          
12. MATOBO (St. Mary’s) (1998):
 P.O. Box 2043, Kericho.Tel: (052) 20923
 
13. NDANAI (St. Theresa’s) (1972):
 P.O. Box 50, Ndanai Tel:  Ndanai 6
 

14. RORET (Good Shepherd) (1972):
 P.O. Box 100, Roret. Tel {052) 54450
 
15.  SEGEMIK (Holy Spirit) (2000):
 P.O. Box 9, Bomet

16.  SIONGIROI (Holy Family) (1998):
 P.O, Box 730. Sotik Tel. (052) 20150
 
17. SOTIK (St. Joseph’s) (1988):
 P.O. Box 844, Sotik 1’ef. {052) 32381/32481

Religious Communities

Missionaries: 22

• Apostles of Jesus
• Cistercian Monks
• Missionaries of Jesus the Divine Master
• St. Patrick's Missionary Society

Sisters: 60

• Assumption Sisters of Eldoret
• Franciscan Sitster of Immaculate Conception
• Franciscan Sisters of St. Joseph
• Little Sisters of Jesus
• Little Sisters of St. Francis
• Mercy Sisters
• School Sisters of Notre Dame
• Servants of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and of the Poor
• Sistes of Mary

Brothers:  13

Cistercian Monks(brothers)

Health Centre:
Kipchimchim Health Centre
St. Francis Health Centre -Kipkelion
Our Lady of Mercy, Dispensary -Kipkelion
Our Lady of Guadalupe Dispensary -Roret
Live with Hope Centre -Kericho

Homes for the Handicapped:
Kipchimchim Hostel for Mentally Handicapped
Bomet Hostel for Physically Handicapped
St. Kizito School for the Deaf (Catholic Sponsored) -Litein
Job Training Centres:
St. Teresa, Chebalungu Polytechnic
Kipchimchim Polytechnic
MerCy Technical School -Kipkelion
Kaplong Polytechnic
Olbutyo Polytechnic, Segemik
Kebeneti
Nursing School:
St. Clare's School of Nursing

Primary Schools:
Clare's Kiptere
St. Theresa Kipchimchim
St. Mary's Boarding -Bomet
St. Mary's Day- Bomet
St. Philip's Academy
St. Theresa Ndanai
Bp. Ndingi Academy -Roret

Secondary Schools:
St. Mary's Girls -Bomet
MerCy Girls -Kipkelion
St. Francis Girls -Kiptere
Sacred Heart Roret Girls