Archdiocese of Lagos
| Archdiocese of Lagos | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Nigeria |
| Diocesan bishop | Alfred Adewale Martins |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Anthony Cardinal Okogie |
| founding | 1860 |
| surface | 2,406 km² |
| Parishes | 61 (2005) |
| Residents | 4,524,387 (2005) |
| Catholics | 2,164,083 (2005) |
| proportion of | 47.8% |
| Diocesan priest | 100 (2005) |
| Religious priest | 84 (2005) |
| Catholics per priest | 11,761 |
| Friars | 88 (2005) |
| Religious sisters | 123 (2005) |
| rite | Roman |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | Holy Cross Cathedral |
| Website | lagosarchdiocese.org |
| Suffragan dioceses |
Diocese of Abeokuta Diocese of Ijebu-Ode |
Development of membership numbers
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lagos ( lat. : Archidioecesis Lagosensis ) is in Nigeria located Metropolitan Diocese of the Roman Catholic Church .
history
The forerunner of today's Archdiocese of Lagos is the Apostolic Vicariate of Dahomey, founded on August 28, 1860 from the Apostolic Vicariate of Guinea Superiore e Inferiore e di Sierra Leone, today the Archdiocese of Libreville , Gabon . In 1870 the name changed to the Apostolic Vicariate Costa di Benin and in 1943 to the Apostolic Vicariate Lagos. Pope Pius XII raised the vicariate to today's Archdiocese of Lagos on April 18, 1950.
In 1969 the suffragan dioceses Ijebu-Ode and 1997 Abeokuta were established.
Ordinaries
- Jean-Baptiste Chausse SMA (1891-1894)
- Paul Pellet SMA (1895–1902)
- Joseph-Antoine Lang SMA (1902-1912)
- Ferdinand Terrien SMA (1912-1929)
- Francis O'Rourke SMA (1930-1938)
- Leo Hale Taylor SMA (1939-1965)
- John Kwao Amuzu Aggey (1965–1972)
- Anthony Olubunmi Okogie (1973–2012)
- Alfred Adewale Martins (since 2012)