Diocese of Kano
Diocese of Kano | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Nigeria |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Kaduna |
Diocesan bishop | John Namanzah Niyiring OESA |
founding | 1960 |
surface | 43,819 km² |
Parishes | 36 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Residents | 11,682,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Catholics | 207,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
proportion of | 1.8% |
Diocesan priest | 34 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Religious priest | 8 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Catholics per priest | 4,929 |
Friars | 8 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Religious sisters | 12 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | English |
cathedral | Cathedral of Our Lady of Fatima |
Website | http://olfcathedral.org/ |
The Bistum Kano ( lat. : Dioecesis Kanensis ) is in Nigeria preferred Roman Catholic diocese based in Kano .
history
Pope John Paul II founded the Mission sui juris Kano on March 22, 1991 from cessions of territory from the Archdiocese of Kaduna .
On December 15, 1995, it was raised to the rank of Apostolic Vicariate and on June 22, 1999 to the rank of diocese, which was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Kaduna as a suffragan diocese.
Ordinaries
Apostolic Superior of Kano
- John Francis Brown SMA (1991-1996)
Vicar Apostolic of Kano
- Patrick Francis Sheehan OESA (July 5, 1996 - June 22, 1999)
Bishops of Kano
- Patrick Francis Sheehan OESA (June 22, 1999 - March 20, 2008)
- John Namanzah Niyiring OESA (since March 20, 2008)
statistics
year | population | priest | Permanent deacons | Religious | Parishes | ||||||
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Catholics | Residents | % | Total number | Diocesan priest | Religious priest | Catholics per priest | Friars | Religious sisters | |||
1999 | 105.913 | 6,390,000 | 1.7 | 25th | 16 | 9 | 4,236 | 9 | 12 | 20th | |
2000 | 110.202 | 8,688,604 | 1.3 | 25th | 17th | 8th | 4,408 | 8th | 11 | 22nd | |
2001 | 127,809 | 8,688,604 | 1.5 | 25th | 17th | 8th | 5.112 | 8th | 11 | 22nd | |
2002 | 126,610 | 8,688,604 | 1.5 | 30th | 21st | 9 | 4,220 | 9 | 11 | 24 | |
2003 | 120,622 | 8,688,604 | 1.4 | 31 | 20th | 11 | 3,891 | 11 | 14th | 24 | |
2004 | 123.984 | 8,688,604 | 1.4 | 33 | 23 | 10 | 3,757 | 10 | 12 | 28 | |
2006 | 130,000 | 9,178,000 | 1.4 | 34 | 29 | 5 | 3.823 | 6th | 17th | 29 | |
2011 | 190.310 | 10,488,000 | 1.8 | 47 | 39 | 8th | 4,049 | 8th | 18th | 34 | |
2013 | 194,000 | 10,954,000 | 1.8 | 47 | 39 | 8th | 4.127 | 8th | 16 | 36 |
See also
Web links
- Entry on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
- Entry about the diocese of Kano on Giga-Catholic (English)