Maiduguri diocese
| Maiduguri diocese | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Nigeria |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Jos |
| Diocesan bishop | Oliver Dashe Doeme |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Senan Louis O'Donnell OSA |
| Vicar General | Donatus Tizhe John H. William |
| founding | 1953 |
| surface | 132,000 km² |
| Parishes | 39 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 7,113,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 163,700 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 2.3% |
| Diocesan priest | 44 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 3 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 3,483 |
| Friars | 3 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 23 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | St Patrick's Cathedral |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Maiduguri ( Latin Dioecesis Maiduguriensis , English Diocese of Maiduguri ) is in Nigeria situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Maiduguri .
history
The diocese Maiduguri was on June 29, 1953 by Pope Pius XII. Apostolic Constitution Rem Nos facere established from cession of territory of the Apostolic Prefecture Jos as Apostolic Prefecture Maiduguri . On June 7, 1966, the Apostolic Prefecture Maiduguri was by Pope Paul VI. raised to the diocese with the Apostolic Constitution Id semper .
The diocese of Maiduguri is subordinate to the Archdiocese of Jos as a suffragan .
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of Maiduguri
- James Timothy Kieran Cotter OSA , 1962-1966
Bishops of Maiduguri
- James Timothy Kieran Cotter OSA, 1966-1988
- Senan Louis O'Donnell OSA, 1993-2003
- Matthew Man-Oso Ndagoso , 2003–2007, then Archbishop of Kaduna
- Oliver Dashe Doeme , since 2009
See also
Web links
- Entry on Maiduguri diocese on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Entry on the homepage of the Nigerian Bishops' Conference (English)