Diocese of Minna
| Diocese of Minna | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Nigeria |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Kaduna |
| Diocesan bishop | Martin Igwe Uzoukwu |
| Vicar General | William Greene SPS Sylvester Gopep |
| founding | 1964 |
| surface | 36,031 km² |
| Parishes | 55 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 3,181,530 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 82,695 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 2.6% |
| Diocesan priest | 47 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 17 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 1,292 |
| Friars | 43 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 75 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | St. Michael's Cathedral |
| Website | http://www.catholicminna.org/ |
The Bistum Minna ( latin Dioecesis Minnaensis ) is in Nigeria preferred Roman Catholic diocese based in Minna .
history
The diocese of Minna was on November 9, 1964 by Pope Paul VI. established from the cession of territory by the Archdiocese of Kaduna as the Apostolic Prefecture of Minna . The Apostolic Prefecture of Minna was on September 17, 1973 by Paul VI. raised to the diocese. On November 6, 1981, the Diocese of Minna gave up parts of its territory to establish the Mission sui juris Abuja . Another assignment of territory took place on December 15, 1995 to establish the Apostolic Prefecture of Kontagora .
The Diocese of Minna is subordinate to the Archdiocese of Kaduna as a suffragan .
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of Minna
- Edmund Joseph Fitzgibbon SPS , 1964–1973
Bishops of Minna
- Christopher Shaman Abba , 1973–1996, then Bishop of Yola
- Martin Igwe Uzoukwu , since 1996