Archdiocese of Ibadan
| Archdiocese of Ibadan | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Nigeria |
| Diocesan bishop | Gabriel 'Leke Abegunrin |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Felix Alaba Adeosin Job |
| founding | 1958 |
| surface | 7,000 km² |
| Parishes | 42 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Residents | 5,564,000 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Catholics | 452,000 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| proportion of | 8.1% |
| Diocesan priest | 69 (31.12.2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Religious priest | 66 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 3,348 |
| Friars | 444 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Religious sisters | 93 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | St. Mary's Catholic Cathedral |
| Website | http://archdioceseofibadan.org/ |
| Suffragan dioceses |
Diocese of Ekiti Diocese of Ilorin Diocese of Ondo Diocese of Osogbo Diocese of Oyo |
The Erzbistum Ibadan ( latin Archidioecesis Ibadanensis ) is in Nigeria preferred Roman Catholic Archdiocese based in Ibadan .
history
The Archdiocese of Ibadan was on March 13, 1952 by Pope Pius XII. established with the Apostolic Constitution Apostolica Sedes from cessions of territory of the Archdiocese of Lagos as Apostolic Prefecture Ibadan .
The Apostolic Prefecture of Ibadan was founded on April 28, 1958 by Pius XII. raised to the diocese and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Lagos as a suffragan . On March 26, 1994, the diocese of Ibadan was raised to an archdiocese of Nigeria by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution Cum .
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of Ibadan
- Richard Finn SMA , 1953-1958
Bishops of Ibadan
- Richard Finn SMA, 1958-1974
- Felix Alaba Adeosin Job , 1974–1994
Archbishops of Ibadan
- Felix Alaba Adeosin Job, 1994–2013
- Gabriel 'Leke Abegunrin , since 2013
See also
Web links
- Entry for the Archdiocese of Ibadan on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Entry on the homepage of the Nigerian Bishops' Conference (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Pius XII: Const. Apost. Apostolica Sedes , AAS 44 (1952), n.12, pp. 609f.
- ↑ Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apost. Cum in Nigeria , AAS 86 (1994), n.7, pp. 556f.