March 28, 2024

DIOCESES

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PANKSHIN DIOCESE
Ecclesiastical Province of Jos
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MOST REV. MICHAEL GOBAL GOKUM Date of Birth: 18th March, 1964 Priestly Ordination: 1991 Episcopal: 12th June, 2014 Address: Catholic Bishop's House, Opposite St. Helen Grammar School […]
he historical background of the evangelization of the Catholic Diocese of T Pankshin, al […]
OYO DIOCESE
Ecclesiastical Province of Ibadan
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MOST REV. EMMANUEL ADETOYESE BADEJO Date Birth: 13 July, 1961 Priestly Ordination: 4 January, 1986 Episcopal Ordination: 20 October, 2007 Address: Jubilee House, Box 1480, Mariama Road, Sa […]
he Catholic Diocese of Oyo was carved out of the Catholic Archdiocese of T Lagos. Hither […]
OWERRI ARCHDIOCESE
Ecclesiastical Province of Owerri
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MOST REV. ANTHONY J.V. OBINNA Date of Birth: June 26, 1946 Priestly Ordination: April 9, 1972 Episcopal Ordination: September 4, 1993 Address: Archbishop's House, Villa Assumpta, Box 85, […]
The Catholic Church arrived Owerri in 1912 through Fr. Feral and Bro. Joseph. In 1937, t […]
OTUKPO DIOCESE
Ecclesiastical Province of Abuja
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MOST REV. MICHAEL EKWOYI APOCHI Date of Birth: August 6, 1960 Priestly Ordination: July 19, 1986 Episcopal Ordination: February 23, 2003 Address: Bishop's House, Box 1400 Otukpo, Benue Stat […]
The Diocese of Otukpo like most dioceses in Nigeria has a very eventful and long history […]
OSOGBO DIOCESE
Ecclesiastical Province of Ibadan
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MOST REV JOHN AKINWUNMI OYEJOLA Date of Birth: May 18, 1963 Priestly Ordination: October 5, 1991 Episcopal Ordination: June 30, 2016 Address: Catholic Bishop's House, Oke Ayepe, P.O Box 78 […]
The Catholic Diocese of Osogbo was created out of the old Oyo Diocese on 14th of March, […]
UROMI DIOCESE
Ecclesiastical Province of Benin City
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MOST REV. DONATUS OGUN OSA Date of Birth: October 12, 1966 Priestly Ordination: July 31, 1993 Episcopal Ordination: January 31, 2015 Address: Chancery Complex, P.M.B.7, Uromi, Edo State. P […]
rior to its creation and carving out from the Archdiocese of Benin City, the P geographi […]
UMUAHIA DIOCESE
Ecclesiastical Province of Owerri
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MOST REV. LUCIUS IWEJURU UGORJI Date of Birth: January 13, 1952 Priestly Ordination: April 16, 1977 Episcopal Ordination: July 1. 1990. Address: Diocesan Catholic Secretariat Bishop's House […]
The history of evangelization in Umuahia Diocese is synonymous with the advent of Christ […]
SOKOTO DIOCESE
Ecclesiastical Province of Kaduna
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MOST REV. MATTHEW HASSAN KUKAH Date of Birth: 31st August 1952 Priestly Ordination: 19th December 1976 Episcopal Ordination: 8th September 2011 Address: C/o Bishop House. 1, Aliyu Jodi […]
The Ecclesiastical jurisdiction known as Catholic Diocese of Sokoto covers four States: […]
SHENDAM DIOCESE
Ecclesiastical Province of Jos
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Date of Birth: April 10. 1956 Date of Priestly Ordination: Feb. 14. 1982 Residence: St. Charles Lwanga Parish, Total. P. O. Box 28, 940001 Shendam, Plateau State. Tel: 08035868087
he history of what is today Shendam Diocese started on February 12, 1907 T when three pi […]
PORT- HARCOURT DIOCESE
Ecclesiastical Province of Calabar
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Date of Birth: August 3, 1949 Priestly Ordination: July 2, 1978 Episcopal Ordination: May 14. 1988 Appointed Bishop of P/H May 4, 2009 Address: Bishop's House, 31 Harbour Road Box 1113, PH […]
he result of the efforts of the Missionaries in the Evangelization of Ikwerre, T Ogba, E […]
UYO DIOCESE
Ecclesiastical Province of Calabar
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Date of Birth: December 10,1959 Priestly Ordination: July 24, 1993 Episcopal Ordination: January 6, 2007 Address: Bishop's House, Box 2717, Uyo, Akwa- Ibom State. Ph: 08074003647
he initial contact of what is presently Uyo Diocese with Catholicism came T through the […]
ZARIA DIOCESE
Ecclesiastical Province of Kaduna
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Date of Birth: April 17, 1956 Priestly ordination: June, 1983 Episcopal Ordination: March 3, 2001 Address: Bishop's House, Wusasa, Box 90, Zaria Mobile: 08034520835 Email: [email protected]
The first Christian Missionaries in Northern Nigeria belonged to the Anglican Church sen […]
WARRI DIOCESE
Ecclesiastical Province of Jos
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Date of Birth: March 10th 1947 Priestly Ordination: December 31st, 1973 Episcopal Ordination: May 14th, 1997 Possession of Diocese: March 30th, 2010 Address: St. Anthony's Parish, Ugborinko […]
Prior to the creation of the Ecclesiastical territory in the Niger Delta region of Niger […]
YOLA DIOCESE
Ecclesiastical Province of Jos
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Date of Birth: 30th Nov. 1969 Priestly Ordination: 1st January, 1996 Episcopal Ordination: 7th April, 2011 Address: Catholic Bishop's House Box 57, Yola, Adamawa State Ph. 08036601446 E-mai […]
mssionary work in the territory now known as Yola Diocese, began with the arrival of thr […]
OMADI VICARIATE
Ecclesiastical Province of Benin City
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MOST REV. HYACINTH OROKO EGBEBO MSP Date of Birth: 23rd October, 1955 Priestly Ordination: 23rd June, 1990 Episcopal Ordination: 2nd February, 2008 Address: Our Lady of the Waters Cathedral […]
The Apostolic Vicariate of Bomadi was carved out of the dioceses of Port Harcourt and War […]