Our Lady of Perpertual Help Ahero Parish

MAJOR CATHOLIC ACRONYMS AND THEIR MEANINGS

CLERGY TITLES:
Fr. — Father (Catholic priest)
Bp. — Bishop
Abp. — Archbishop
Card. — Cardinal
Pope — Bishop of Rome
Msgr. — Monsignor
Rev. — Reverend
Very Rev. — Very Reverend
Most Rev. — Most Reverend
Dcn. — Deacon
Br. — Brother
Sr. — Sister
Dom — Title used by Benedictines
Abb. — Abbot
Abbess — Head of a convent

COMMON RELIGIOUS ORDER ACRONYMS:
O.P. — Order of Preachers (Dominicans)
S.J. — Society of Jesus (Jesuits)
O.F.M. — Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans)
O.F.M. Cap. — Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
O.F.M. Conv. — Order of Friars Minor Conventual
O.S.B. — Order of Saint Benedict (Benedictines)
O.C.D. — Order of Discalced Carmelites
O. Carm. — Order of Carmelites
O.S.A. — Order of Saint Augustine (Augustinians)
S.D.B. — Salesians of Don Bosco
C.S.C. — Congregation of Holy Cross
C.M. — Congregation of the Mission (Vincentians)
C.S.Sp. — Congregation of the Holy Spirit (Spiritans)
S.M.A. — Society of African Missions
M.S.P. — Missionary Society of St. Paul
S.V.D. — Society of the Divine Word
M.I.C. — Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception
O. Praem. — Order of Premonstratensians
C.R. — Clerics Regular
F.S.C. — Brothers of the Christian Schools (De La Salle)
O.M.I. — Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate
M.M. — Maryknoll Missionaries
C.P. — Passionists
S.P. — Society of St. Paul
F.M.A. — Daughters of Mary Help of Christians

VATICAN AND CHURCH GOVERNMENT ACRONYMS:
CDF — Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
DDWDS — Dicastery for Divine Worship and Discipline of the Sacraments
CDW — Congregation for Divine Worship
CIC — Codex Iuris Canonici (Code of Canon Law)
CCEO — Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches
USCCB — United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
CBCN — Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria
SECAM — Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar
CELAM — Latin American Episcopal Council

SACRAMENTAL AND LITURGICAL TERMS:
HDO — Holy Day of Obligation
RCIA — Rite of Christian Initiation of

4. ARCHDIOCESE OF KISUMU
Latin Name: Archidioecesis Kisumuensis
63 Parishes in 11 Deaneries

MUHORONI DEANERY
Our Lady Queen of Peace Muhoroni Parish
Holy Family, Koru Parish
St Benedict’s Tamu Parish
St Ignatius of Antioch, Katolo Parish
St John the Apostle, Awasi Parish

AHERO DEANERY
Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Ahero
St Boniface Masogo Parish
St Raphael’s Withur Parish
Our Lady of the Rosary Nduru Parish
St Pope John XXIII, Rabuor Parish

KISUMU CENTRAL DEANERY
St Therese of the Child Jesus Cathedral, Kibuye
St Joseph Milimani Parish
St James the Apostle, Magadi
St Monica Nyamasaria Parish
St Maria Goretti, Nyalenda Parish
St Peter Nanga Parish
Maria Consolata Shrine Buoye

KISUMU EAST DEANERY
St Paul’s Parish Kanyakwar
St Mary’s Parish Chiga
St Francis of Assisi Parish Riwo
St Leonida’s Parish Nyawita
St Dominic’s Parish Kianja
St Anthony the Abbot Parish, Ramba

BONDO DEANERY
St Andrew the Apostle Parish Bondo
Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish Nyang’oma
St Augustine’s Parish Nyamonye
St Pope Paul VI Parish Kibuye
St Martin de Porres Parish Usenge/Mageta

LWAK DEANERY
St Peter Claver Parish Lwak
St Sylvester Parish Madiany
St Anthony of Padua Parish Raliew
Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish Ndori
St Teresa of Calcutta Parish Kawuondi

ALUOR DEANERY
St Boniface Parish Aluor
St Peter Claver Yala
Mary Immaculate Parish, Nyagondo
St Kizito Parish Mutumbu

SIAYA DEANERY
Holy Cross Parish Siaya
St Pentaleon Parish
St Paul’s Parish Mbaga
St Lawrence Parish Uradi
St Matthews Parish Barding
St Elizabeth of Hungary Parish Nyadorera
St Zacchaeus Parish Kowet

RANG’ALA DEANERY
Holy Trinity Parish Rang’ala
St Michael’s Parish Sigomere
Our Lady of Fatima Parish Ukwala
St Anne’s Parish Sega
St Joseph the Worker Parish Ugunja
St Catherine of Siena Parish Yogo
St Joseph Parish Uwai
St Leo the Great Parish Mban

OJOLLA DEANERY
St Aloysius Gonzaga Parish Ojolla
Our Lady of Assumption Parish Barkorwa
Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish Reru
St Anne’s University Chaplaincy Maseno
St Anthony of Padua Parish Kajulu
St Pope John Paul II Parish Obambo

NYABONDO DEANERY
St Joseph the Worker Parish Nyabondo
Our Lady of Lourdes Parish Bolo
Christ the King Katito Parish
St Christina’s Parish Kogola
St Zacchaeus Parish Kajimbo
St Cecilia’s Parish Kusa

Cathedral: St Therese of the Child Jesus Kibuye

Erected: 15 July 1925

Square Kilometers: 4,616 (1,782 Square Miles)

Province: Ecclesiastical Province of Kisumu
Metropolitan See
Suffragan Dioceses: Bungoma, Eldoret, Homa Bay, Kakamega, Kapsabet, Kisii, Kitale, Lodwar

Bishop(s)
Maurice Muhatia Makumba, Archbishop (57.72)
Vincent Ouma Odundo, Auxiliary Bishop-Elect (47.69)
Zacchaeus Okoth, Archbishop Emeritus (83.59)

Past and Present Ordinaries
1. Gorgon Gregory Brandsma, M.H.M. † (2 Dec 1925 Appointed - 20 Jun 1935 Died)
2. Nicolas Stam, M.H.M. † (9 Mar 1936 Appointed - 9 Apr 1948 Resigned)
3. Frederick Hall, M.H.M. † (9 Apr 1948 Appointed - 2 Dec 1963 Resigned)
4. Joannes de Reeper, M.H.M. † (16 Jan 1964 Appointed - 20 Mar 1976 Retired)
5. Philip Sulumeti † (9 Dec 1976 Appointed - 28 Feb 1978 Appointed, Bishop of Kakamega)
6. Zacchaeus Okoth (27 Feb 1978 Appointed - 15 Nov 2018 Retired)
7. Philip Arnold Subira Anyolo (15 Nov 2018 Appointed - 28 Oct 2021 Appointed, Archbishop of Nairobi)
8. Maurice Muhatia Makumba (18 Feb 2022 Appointed - )