Shendam diocese
| Shendam diocese | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Nigeria |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Jos |
| Diocesan bishop | Philip Davou Dung |
| founding | 2007 |
| surface | 11,644 km² |
| Parishes | 28 (2014) |
| Residents | 1,000,000 (2014) |
| Catholics | 173,307 (2014) |
| proportion of | 17.3% |
| Diocesan priest | 32 (2014) |
| Religious priest | 3 (2014) |
| Catholics per priest | 4,952 |
| Friars | 3 (2014) |
| Religious sisters | 8 (2014) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus |
The Bistum Shendam ( lat. : Dioecesis Shendamensis ) is in Nigeria preferred Roman Catholic diocese based in Shendam .
history
The diocese of Shendam was founded on June 2, 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI. established with the Apostolic Constitution Nuper est petitum from cession of territory of the Archdiocese of Jos and subordinated to this as a suffragan .
On March 18, 2014, the Shendam Diocese gave up parts of its territory to establish the Pankshin Diocese .
Bishops of Shendam
- James Naanman Daman OSA , 2007-2015
- Philip Davou Dung , since 2016
See also
Web links
- Entry for the Diocese of Shendam on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Entry on the homepage of the Nigerian Bishops' Conference (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ erezione della Diocese Pankshin (Nigeria) e nomina del primo Vescovo , in: Holy See Press Office : Daily Bulletin of 18 March, 2014.
- ↑ Benedictus XVI: Const. Apost. Nuper est petitum , AAS 99 (2007), n.7, p. 583f.