Diocese of Sokoto
| Diocese of Sokoto | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Nigeria |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Kaduna |
| Diocesan bishop | Matthew Hassan Kukah |
| Vicar General | Joseph Keke |
| founding | 1953 |
| surface | 68,068 km² |
| Parishes | 27 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Residents | 15,622,700 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics | 39,767 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| proportion of | 0.3% |
| Diocesan priest | 26 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious priest | 5 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 1,283 |
| Friars | 10 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious sisters | 80 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | Holy Family Cathedral |
| Website | http://www.sokotocatholicdiocese.com/index.html |
The Diocese of Sokoto ( Latin Dioecesis Sokotoensis , English Diocese of Sokoto ) is in Nigeria situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Sokoto .
history
The diocese of Sokoto was on June 29, 1953 by Pope Pius XII. established with the Apostolic Constitution Ex iis praecipue from cessions of territory of the Apostolic Prefecture Kaduna as Apostolic Prefecture Sokoto .
On June 16, 1964, the Apostolic Prefecture Sokoto was by Pope Paul VI. raised to a diocese with the Apostolic Constitution Summa clavium and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Kaduna as a suffragan . The diocese of Sokoto gave up on December 15, 1995 parts of its territory to establish the Apostolic Prefecture of Kontagora .
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of Sokoto
- Edward Thaddeus Lawton OP , 1954-1964
Bishops of Sokoto
- Edward Thaddeus Lawton OP, 1964-1966
- Michael James Dempsey OP, 1967-1984
- Kevin Aje , 1984-2011
- Matthew Hassan Kukah , since 2011
See also
Web links
- Entry on the homepage of the Nigerian Bishops' Conference (English)
- Entry on the Diocese of Sokoto on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Pius XII: Const. Apost. Ex iis praecipue , AAS 45 (1953), n.16, pp. 773f.
- ↑ Paul VI: Const. Apost. Summa clavium , AAS 57 (1965), n.5, p. 358f.