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Roman Catholic Diocese of Bauchi

Roman Catholic Diocese of Bauchi

Roman Catholic diocese in Nigeria


The Diocese of Bauchi (Latin: Bauchian(us)) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Northern Nigeria. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Jos in, yet depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.

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Its cathedral is the Cathedral of St. John Evangelist, located in the episcopal see of Bauchi in Bauchi State.

History

  • Established on 5 July 1996 as Apostolic Vicariate of Bauchi, on territory split off from its Metropolitan, the Archdiocese of Jos
  • Promoted on 31 December 2003 as Diocese of Bauchi/ Bauchian(us) (Latin adjective)

Statistics

As of 2014, it pastorally served 79,000 Catholics (1.2% of 6,742,000 total) on 66,102 km2 in 23 parishes and 1 mission with 39 priests (34 diocesan, 5 religious), 18 lay religious (9 brothers, 9 sisters) and 13 seminarians.

Episcopal ordinaries

Apostolic Vicar of Bauchi
Suffragan Bishops of Bauchi

See also




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