Bishop(s)
Suffragan Dioceses
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General Information
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Date | Event | From | To |
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Prefecture Apostolic of Eastern Nigeria {Nigeria Orientale} | |||
24 August 1911 | Erected | Prefecture Apostolic of Upper Niger {Niger Superiore} (Eastern part) | Prefecture Apostolic of Eastern Nigeria {Nigeria Orientale} (erected) |
Prefecture Apostolic of Northern Nigeria {Nigeria Settentrionale} | |||
18 July 1929 | Name Changed | Vicariate Apostolic of Western Nigeria {Nigeria Occidentale} (Area north of the rivers Niger and Benoue)
Prefecture Apostolic of Eastern Nigeria {Nigeria Orientale} | Prefecture Apostolic of Northern Nigeria {Nigeria Settentrionale} |
9 April 1934 | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Northern Nigeria {Nigeria Settentrionale} (Plateau, Baciti, and part of Benue and part of Bornou) | Prefecture Apostolic of Jos (erected) |
Prefecture Apostolic of Kaduna | |||
9 April 1934 | Elevated | Prefecture Apostolic of Northern Nigeria {Nigeria Settentrionale} | Prefecture Apostolic of Kaduna |
28 April 1942 | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Dahomey
Vicariate Apostolic of Foumban Prefecture Apostolic of Ghardaïa nel Sahara Prefecture Apostolic of Jos Prefecture Apostolic of Kaduna Vicariate Apostolic of Khartoum Vicariate Apostolic of Ouagadougou | Prefecture Apostolic of Niamey (erected) |
29 June 1953 | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Kaduna (Sokoto and Katsina) | Prefecture Apostolic of Sokoto (erected) |
Diocese of Kaduna | |||
29 June 1953 | Elevated | Prefecture Apostolic of Kaduna | Diocese of Kaduna |
21 February 1955 | Territory Lost | Diocese of Benin City
Diocese of Kaduna Prefecture Apostolic of Oturkpo | Prefecture Apostolic of Kabba (erected) (Civil Province of Kabba) |
Archdiocese of Kaduna | |||
16 July 1959 | Elevated | Diocese of Kaduna | Archdiocese of Kaduna |
9 November 1964 | Territory Lost | Archdiocese of Kaduna (Province of Niger) | Prefecture Apostolic of Minna (erected) |
22 March 1991 | Territory Lost | Archdiocese of Kaduna | Mission "Sui Iuris" of Kano (erected) |
10 July 1995 | Territory Lost | Archdiocese of Jos (Kaura, Jema'a, and Jaba)
Archdiocese of Kaduna (Kaum, Lere, and Zangón Kataf) | Diocese of Kafanchan (erected) |
5 December 2000 | Territory Lost | Archdiocese of Kaduna (Kaduna along with Zaria, Sabon Gari, Soba, Ikara, Makarfi, Kubau, Kudun, Giwa, Bernin Gwari, and Igab (except Rigasa and Rigachukun)) | Diocese of Zaria (erected) |
Year | Catholics | Total Population | Percent Catholic | Diocesan Priests | Religious Priests | Total Priests | Catholics Per Priest | Permanent Deacons | Male Religious | Female Religious | Parishes | Source |
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Prefecture Apostolic of Kaduna | ||||||||||||
1949 | 16,887 | 6,000,000 | .3% | 28 | 28 | 603 | 17 | 10 | ap1951 | |||
Diocese of Kaduna | ||||||||||||
Archdiocese of Kaduna | ||||||||||||
1970 | 54,000 | 7,900,000 | .7% | 3 | 40 | 43 | 1,255 | 41 | 49 | 22 | ap1971 | |
1980 | 145,795 | 7,489,000 | 1.9% | 13 | 39 | 52 | 2,803 | 39 | 23 | ap1981 | ||
1990 | 321,257 | 7,449,000 | 4.3% | 42 | 26 | 68 | 4,724 | 26 | 18 | 43 | ap1991 | |
1999 | 318,443 | 3,240,000 | 9.8% | 60 | 10 | 70 | 4,549 | 10 | 22 | 45 | ap2000 | |
2000 | 253,502 | 2,163,000 | 11.7% | 53 | 10 | 63 | 4,023 | 10 | 22 | 35 | ap2001 | |
2001 | 269,150 | 2,163,000 | 12.4% | 44 | 8 | 52 | 5,175 | 8 | 22 | 35 | ap2002 | |
2002 | 280,150 | 2,163,000 | 13.0% | 45 | 10 | 55 | 5,093 | 10 | 22 | 35 | ap2003 | |
2003 | 310,543 | 2,248,000 | 13.8% | 66 | 8 | 74 | 4,196 | 8 | 27 | 42 | ap2004 | |
2004 | 323,076 | 4,951,310 | 6.5% | 72 | 8 | 80 | 4,038 | 8 | 27 | 41 | ap2005 | |
2006 | 382,638 | 5,230,000 | 7.3% | 88 | 8 | 96 | 3,985 | 8 | 27 | 43 | ap2007 | |
2011 | 545,380 | 5,916,000 | 9.2% | 76 | 12 | 88 | 6,197 | 37 | 26 | 50 | ap2012 | |
2013 | 569,898 | 1,769,186 | 32.2% | 84 | 10 | 94 | 6,062 | 35 | 24 | 60 | ap2014 | |
2016 | 581,730 | 2,001,000 | 29.1% | 106 | 12 | 118 | 4,929 | 37 | 35 | 75 | ap2017 | |
2019 | 591,000 | 2,424,396 | 24.4% | 140 | 7 | 147 | 4,020 | 7 | 34 | 93 | ap2020 | |
2021 | 609,500 | 2,624,396 | 23.2% | 124 | 7 | 131 | 4,652 | 7 | 34 | 89 | ap2022 |
Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.
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