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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kaduna

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Ecclesiastical province
  
Kaduna

Denomination
  
Roman Catholic

Area
  
17,094 km²

Country
  
Nigeria

Parishes
  
50

Rite
  
Latin Rite

Archbishop
  
Matthew Man-Oso Ndagoso

Secular priests
  
88

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kaduna

Territory
  
southern portion of Kaduna State

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2011) 5,916,000 545,380 (9.2%)

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kaduna {Kadunaën(sis) in Latin} is the Metropolitan See for the Ecclesiastical province of Kaduna in Nigeria.

Contents

History

  • 1911.08.24: The Apostolic Prefecture of Eastern Nigeria was created from the Apostolic Prefecture of Upper Niger and it had Shendam as its headquarters. Kano, afterwards a principal mission station under Kaduna, was opened from Shendam but Kaduna itself was administered from Asaba (headquarters of the Prefecture of Upper Niger which subsequently became the Vicariate Apostolic of Western Nigeria.
  • 1929.07.18: Renamed as Apostolic Prefecture of Northern Nigeria
  • 1934.04.09: Renamed as Apostolic Prefecture of Kaduna
  • 1953.06.29: Promoted as Diocese of Kaduna
  • 1959.07.16: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kaduna

    • Special churches

    The seat of the archbishop is St. Joseph’s Cathedral in Kaduna.

    Leadership

  • Metropolitan Archbishops of Kaduna (Roman rite)
  • Archbishop Matthew Man-oso Ndagoso, appointed 2007.11.16
  • Archbishop Peter Yariyok Jatau 1975.04.10 - 2007.11.16
  • Archbishop John MacCarthy, S.M.A. 1959.07.16 – 1975.06.12
  • Bishops of Kaduna (Roman rite)
  • Bishop John MacCarthy, S.M.A. 1953.06.29 – 1959.07.16
  • Prefects Apostolic of Kaduna (Roman rite)
  • John MacCarthy, S.M.A. 1943.05.14 – 1953.06.29
  • Thomas Hughes, S.M.A. 1934.04.09 – 1943.01.12
  • Prefects Apostolic of Northern Nigeria (Roman rite)
  • Thomas Hughes, S.M.A. 1934.01.12 - 1934.04.09
  • Archbishop William Thomas Porter, S.M.A. 1930.04.08 – 1933.04.25
  • Francis O' Rourke, S.M.A. 1929.05.17 - 1930.03.27
  • Prefects Apostolic of Eastern Nigeria (Roman rite)
  • Fr. Osvaldo Waller, S.M.A. 1912 – 1929

    • Suffragan Dioceses

  • Ilorin
  • Kafanchan
  • Kano
  • Minna
  • Sokoto
  • Zaria

    • References

    Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kaduna Wikipedia
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