Diocese of Lafia
| Diocese of Lafia | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Nigeria |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Abuja |
| Diocesan bishop | Sedis vacancy |
| founding | 2000 |
| surface | 28,500 km² |
| Parishes | 14 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 2,437,151 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 252,511 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 10.4% |
| Diocesan priest | 49 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 26 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 3,367 |
| Friars | 27 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 76 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | St. William's Cathedral |
The Bistum Lafia ( lat. : Dioecesis Lafiensis ) is in Nigeria preferred Roman Catholic diocese based in Lafia .
history
The diocese of Lafia was established on December 5, 2000 by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution Petitum est nuper from cessions of territory from the Archdiocese of Jos and the Diocese of Makurdi and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Abuja as a suffragan .
Bishops of Lafia
- Matthew Ishaya Audu , 2000–2020, then Archbishop of Jos
- Sedis vacancy , since 2020
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apost. Petitum est nuper , AAS 93 (2001), n.2, p. 83.