Diocese of Kafanchan
| Diocese of Kafanchan | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Nigeria |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Kaduna |
| Diocesan bishop | Julius Yakubu Kundi |
| founding | 1995 |
| surface | 14,860 km² |
| Parishes | 50 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 1,604,827 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 315,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 19.6% |
| Diocesan priest | 80 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 5 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 3,706 |
| Permanent deacons | 1 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 80 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 44 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | St. Peter Claver's Cathedral |
| Website | http://catholicdioceseofkafanchan.org/ |
The Bistum Kafanchan ( latin Dioecesis Kafancana ) is in Nigeria preferred Roman Catholic diocese based in Kafanchan .
history
The diocese of Kafanchan was established on July 10, 1995 by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution Cum ad aeternam from cedings of the archbishopric Jos and Kaduna and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Kaduna as a suffragan . The first bishop was Joseph Danlami Bagobiri .
See also
Web links
- Entry on the diocese of Kafanchan on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
- Entry on the homepage of the Nigerian Bishops' Conference (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apost. Cum ad aeternam , AAS 87 (1995), n.12, pp. 1085f.