Diocese of Makurdi
| Diocese of Makurdi | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Nigeria |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Abuja |
| Diocesan bishop | Wilfred Chikpa Anagbe CMF |
| Vicar General | Michael Murphy CSSp |
| founding | 1934 |
| surface | 24,461 km² |
| Parishes | 27 (December 29, 2012) |
| Residents | 1,014,000 (December 29, 2012) |
| Catholics | 457,070 (December 29, 2012) |
| proportion of | 45.1% |
| Diocesan priest | 84 (December 29, 2012) |
| Catholics per priest | 5,441 |
| Friars | 30 (December 29, 2012) |
| Religious sisters | 33 (December 29, 2012) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | Our Lady of Perpetual Help Cathedral |
| Website | http://www.makurdidiocese.org/ |
The Bistum Makurdi ( lat. : Dioecesis Makurdensis ) is in Nigeria preferred Roman Catholic diocese based in Makurdi .
history
The diocese of Makurdi was founded on July 9, 1934 by Pope Pius XI. established with the Apostolic Constitution Ad enascentis from cession of territory by the Apostolic Vicariate West Nigeria as Apostolic Prefecture Benue . On April 18, 1950, the Apostolic Prefecture Benue by Pope Pius XII. renamed with the Apostolic Constitution Laeto accepimus in Apostolic Prefecture Oturkpo . The Apostolic Prefecture Oturkpo gave on July 14, 1950 parts of its territory to establish the Apostolic Prefecture Yola . Another assignment of territory took place on February 21, 1955 to establish the Apostolic Prefecture of Kabba .
On April 2, 1959, the Apostolic Prefecture Oturkpo was by Pope John XXIII. raised to a diocese with the Apostolic Constitution Sacrosancta Divini Magistri and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Lagos as a suffragan . The Diocese of Oturkpo was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Kaduna as a suffragan on July 16, 1959 . On June 28, 1960, the Oturkpo diocese was renamed the Makurdi diocese . The diocese of Makurdi was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Abuja as a suffragan on March 16, 1994 . The diocese of Makurdi gave on July 10, 1995 parts of its territory to establish the diocese of Otukpo . Another assignment of territory took place on December 5, 2000 to establish the diocese of Lafia .
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of Benue
- Giuseppe Kirsten CSSp , 1937–1947
- James Hagan CSSp, 1948-1950
Apostolic Prefect of Oturkpo
- James Hagan CSSp, 1950-1959
Bishops of Oturkpo
- James Hagan CSSp, 1959-1960
Bishops of Makurdi
- James Hagan CSSp, 1960-1966
- Donal Joseph Murray CSSp, 1968-1989
- Athanasius Atule Usuh , 1989-2015
- Wilfred Chikpa Anagbe CMF , since 2015
statistics
| year | population | priest | Permanent deacons | Religious | Parishes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catholics | Residents | % | Total number | Diocesan priest | Religious priest | Catholics per priest | Friars | Religious sisters | |||
| 1970 | 47,431 | 2,641,960 | 1.8 | 84 | 42 | 42 | 564 | 46 | 24 | ||
| 1980 | 224,000 | 3,200,000 | 7.0 | 75 | 28 | 47 | 2.986 | 52 | 57 | 4th | |
| 1990 | 627.511 | 4,703,000 | 13.3 | 120 | 78 | 42 | 5,229 | 47 | 90 | 4th | |
| 1999 | 1.160.140 | 3,400,313 | 34.1 | 136 | 122 | 14th | 8,530 | 59 | 96 | 64 | |
| 2000 | 1,072,855 | 2,510,000 | 42.7 | 145 | 139 | 6th | 7,399 | 78 | 53 | ||
| 2001 | 1,077,235 | 2,780,110 | 38.7 | 118 | 110 | 8th | 9,129 | 56 | 79 | 56 | |
| 2002 | 1,105,280 | 2,780,110 | 39.8 | 123 | 112 | 11 | 8,986 | 58 | 65 | 44 | |
| 2003 | 1,177,966 | 2,905,341 | 40.5 | 134 | 117 | 17th | 8,790 | 64 | 69 | 47 | |
| 2004 | 1,380,790 | 3,005,568 | 45.9 | 122 | 116 | 6th | 11,317 | 54 | 66 | 58 | |
See also
Web links
- Entry on gcatholic.org (English)
- Entry for the diocese of Makurdi on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Entry on cbcn.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Pius XI: Const. Apost. Ad enascentis , AAS 27 (1935), n.10, p. 323ff.
- ^ Pius XII: Const. Apost. Laeto accepimus , AAS 42 (1950), n.12, p. 615ff.
- ↑ Ioannes XXIII: Const. Apost. Sacrosancta Divini Magistri , AAS 51 (1959), n.12, pp. 624f.