Diocese of Oyo
| Diocese of Oyo | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Nigeria |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Ibadan |
| Diocesan bishop | Emmanuel Adetoyese Badejo |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Julius Babatunde Adelakun |
| Vicar General | Emmanuel Bolaji Yakubu |
| founding | 1949 |
| surface | 18,000 km² |
| Parishes | 29 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 2,220,859 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 38,248 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 1.7% |
| Diocesan priest | 53 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 2 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 695 |
| Friars | 48 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 3 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | Our Lady of the Assumption Cathedral |
| Website | www.catholicdioceseoyo.org |
The Diocese of Oyo ( Latin Dioecesis Oyoensis , English Diocese of Oyo ) is in Nigeria situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Oyo .
history
The diocese Oyo was on March 3, 1949 by Pope Pius XII. established with the Apostolic Constitution Quo validius from cessions of territory of the Apostolic Vicariate Lagos as Apostolic Prefecture Oyo .
On January 18, 1963, the Apostolic Prefecture Oyo was by Pope John XXIII. with the Apostolic Constitution Sacrum Consilium raised to the diocese and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Lagos as a suffragan . The Oyo diocese was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Ibadan as a suffragan on March 16, 1994 . On March 3, 1995, the Diocese of Oyo gave parts of its territory to establish the Diocese of Osogbo .
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of Oyo
- Owen McCoy MAfr , 1949-1963
Bishops of Oyo
- Owen McCoy MAfr, 1963-1973
- Julius Babatunde Adelakun , 1973–2009
- Emmanuel Adetoyese Badejo , since 2009
See also
Web links
- Homepage of the Diocese of Oyo (English)
- Entry on the homepage of the Nigerian Bishops' Conference (English)
- Entry for Diocese of Oyo on catholic-hierarchy.org