Diocese of Yola
| Diocese of Yola | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Nigeria |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Jos |
| Diocesan bishop | Stephen Dami Mamza |
| founding | 1950 |
| surface | 32,296 km² |
| Parishes | 25 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Residents | 3,331,000 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics | 175,620 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| proportion of | 5.3% |
| Diocesan priest | 26 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious priest | 5 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 5,665 |
| Friars | 8 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious sisters | 32 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | St. Theresa's Cathedral |
The Bistum Yola ( lat. : Dioecesis Yolaensis ) is in Nigeria preferred Roman Catholic diocese based in Yola .
history
The diocese of Yola was founded on July 14, 1950 by Pope Pius XII. established with the Apostolic Constitution Ad evangelizationis from cessions of territory of the Diocese of Buéa and the Apostolic Prefectures Jos and Oturkpo as the Apostolic Prefecture of Yola . The Apostolic Prefecture Yola was on 2 July 1962 Pope John XXIII. with the Apostolic Constitution Christianae Reipublicae regendae raised to the diocese. On 3 February 1995, the diocese of Yola were parts of its territory to the founding of the Apostolic Constitution Quo efficacius erected Diocese of Jalingo from.
The diocese of Yola is subordinate to the Archdiocese of Jos as a suffragan .
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of Yola
- Patrick Joseph Dalton OSA , 1950–1962
Bishops of Yola
- Patrick Joseph Dalton OSA, 1962-1969
- Patrick Francis Sheehan OSA, 1970–1996, Vicar Apostolic of Kano
- Christopher Shaman Abba , 1996-2010
- Stephen Dami Mamza , since 2011
See also
Web links
- Entry on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Pius XII: Const. Apost. Ad evangelizationis , AAS 43 (1951), n.3, p. 102f.
- ↑ Ioannes XXIII: Const. Apost. Christianae Reipublicae regendae , AAS 55 (1963), n.12, pp. 703f.
- ↑ Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apost. Quo efficacius , AAS 87 (1995), n.6, p. 543.