Bishopric of Ondo
Bishopric of Ondo | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Nigeria |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Ibadan |
Diocesan bishop | Jude Ayodeji Arogundade |
Emeritus diocesan bishop | Francis Folorunsho Clement Alonge |
founding | 1943 |
surface | 15,518 km² |
Parishes | 45 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
Residents | 3,674,692 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
Catholics | 198,722 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
proportion of | 5.4% |
Diocesan priest | 43 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
Religious priest | 15 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
Catholics per priest | 3,426 |
Friars | 36 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
Religious sisters | 63 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | English |
cathedral | Sacred Heart Cathedral |
Website | www.ondodiocese.org |
The Bistum Ondo ( lat. : Dioecesis Ondoensis ) is in Nigeria preferred Roman Catholic diocese based in Akure .
history
Pope Pius XII founded the Apostolic Vicariate Ondo - Ilorin on January 12, 1943 from cession of territory by the Apostolic Vicariate Benin Coast .
With the Apostolic Constitution Laeto accepimus it was raised to the rank of diocese on April 18, 1950, which was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Lagos as a suffragan diocese and took its current name. On March 26, 1994, it became part of the ecclesiastical province of the Archdiocese of Ibadan .
It lost parts of its territory in favor of the establishment of the following dioceses:
- January 20, 1960 to the Apostolic Prefecture of Ilorin ;
- July 30, 1972 to the Diocese of Ado-Ekiti .
Ordinaries
Vicar Apostolic of Ondo-Ilorin
- Thomas Hughes SMA (January 12, 1943 - April 18, 1950)
Bishops of Ondo
- Thomas Hughes SMA (April 18, 1950 - April 17, 1957)
- William Richard Field SMA (January 16, 1958 - May 31, 1976)
- Francis Folorunsho Clement Alonge (May 31, 1976 - November 26, 2010)
- Jude Ayodeji Arogundade (since November 26, 2010)
statistics
year | population | priest | Permanent deacons | Religious | Parishes | ||||||
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Catholics | Residents | % | Total number | Diocesan priest | Religious priest | Catholics per priest | Friars | Religious sisters | |||
1970 | 100,316 | 2,836,466 | 3.5 | 38 | 7th | 31 | 2,639 | 42 | 41 | ||
1980 | 72,000 | 1,717,000 | 4.2 | 19th | 5 | 14th | 3,789 | 24 | 35 | 12 | |
1990 | 112,000 | 2,256,000 | 5.0 | 30th | 15th | 15th | 3,733 | 29 | 40 | 18th | |
1999 | 190,200 | 3,265,450 | 5.8 | 45 | 32 | 13 | 4,226 | 23 | 52 | 31 | |
2000 | 193,430 | 3,385,990 | 5.7 | 45 | 33 | 12 | 4,298 | 25th | 60 | 33 | |
2001 | 196,800 | 3,509,700 | 5.6 | 52 | 40 | 12 | 3,784 | 24 | 62 | 33 | |
2002 | 197,750 | 3,520,030 | 5.6 | 47 | 34 | 13 | 4,207 | 27 | 58 | 34 | |
2003 | 198.343 | 3,530,590 | 5.6 | 47 | 34 | 13 | 4,220 | 30th | 60 | 43 | |
2004 | 198,722 | 3,674,692 | 5.4 | 58 | 43 | 15th | 3,426 | 36 | 63 | 45 |
See also
Web links
- Entry on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
- Entry about the diocese of Ondo in Giga-Catholic (English)