Diocese of Lokoja
| Diocese of Lokoja | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Nigeria |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Abuja |
| Diocesan bishop | Martin Dada Abejide Olorunmolu |
| Vicar General | Anthony Ayo Akande |
| founding | 1955 |
| surface | 24,750 km² |
| Parishes | 23 (December 31, 2008 / AP2009 ) |
| Residents | 1,717,000 (December 31, 2008 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics | 34,149 (December 31, 2008 / AP2009 ) |
| proportion of | 2% |
| Diocesan priest | 39 ( 12/31/2008 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious priest | 2 (December 31, 2008 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 833 |
| Permanent deacons | 4 (December 31, 2008 / AP2009 ) |
| Friars | 2 (December 31, 2008 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious sisters | 40 (December 31, 2008 / AP2009 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | Immaculate Conception Cathedral |
| Website | http://catholicdioceseoflokoja.org.ng |
The Bistum Lokoja ( lat. : Dioecesis Lokoianus ) is in Nigeria preferred Roman Catholic diocese based in Lokoja .
history
The diocese Lokoja was on February 21, 1955 by Pope Pius XII. Established from the cession of territory by the dioceses of Benin City and Kaduna and the Apostolic Prefecture of Oturkpo as the Apostolic Prefecture of Kabba . On July 6, 1964, the Apostolic Prefecture Kabba was by Pope Paul VI. raised to the diocese. The diocese of Kabba was renamed the Diocese of Lokoja on May 5, 1965 . On September 26, 1968, the Diocese of Lokoja gave up parts of its territory to establish the Apostolic Prefecture of Idah .
The diocese of Lokoja is subordinate to the Archdiocese of Abuja as a suffragan .
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefects of Kabba
- Auguste Delisle CSSp , 1955-1964
Bishops of Kabba
- Auguste Delisle CSSp, 1964-1965
Bishops of Lokoja
- Auguste Delisle CSSp, 1965-1972
- Alexius Obabu Makozi , 1972–1991, then Bishop of Port Harcourt
- Joseph Sunday Ajomo , 1992-2004
- Martin Dada Abejide Olorunmolu , since 2005