Diocese of Idah
| Diocese of Idah | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Nigeria |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Abuja |
| Diocesan bishop | Anthony Ademu Adaji MSP |
| founding | 1968 |
| surface | 12,898 km² |
| Parishes | 30 (December 31, 2008 / AP2009 ) |
| Residents | 1,465,000 (December 31, 2008 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics | 202,000 (December 31, 2008 / AP2009 ) |
| proportion of | 13.8% |
| Diocesan priest | 47 ( 12/31/2008 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious priest | 8 (December 31, 2008 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 3,673 |
| Friars | 98 ( 12/31/2008 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious sisters | 109 ( 12/31/2008 / AP2009 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | St. Boniface Cathedral |
The Bistum Idah ( lat. : Dioecesis Idahinus ) is in Nigeria preferred Roman Catholic diocese based in Idah .
history
The Diocese of Idah was founded on September 26, 1968 by Pope Paul VI. established from cession of territory by the Diocese of Lokoja as the Apostolic Prefecture of Idah . On December 17, 1977, the Idah Apostolic Prefecture by Paul VI. raised to the diocese. It is subordinate to the Archdiocese of Abuja as a suffragan .
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of Idah
- Leopold Grimard CSSp , 1968–1977
Bishops of Idah
- Ephraim Silas Obot , 1977-2009
- Anthony Ademu Adaji MSP , since 2009