Catholic-Hierarchy DC

Nigeria

Statistics by Province

by Percentage Catholic


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#CatholicsPopulationPercent CatholicProvinceDiocesesSuffragansDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishes
14,473,0008,114,00055.13%Onitsha7Abakaliki, Awgu, Awka, Enugu, Nnewi, Nsukka1,0721171,1894541,181490
23,216,0008,204,00039.20%Owerri6Aba, Ahiara, Okigwe, Orlu, Umuahia863125988340666438
32,181,0008,617,00025.31%Lagos3Abeokuta, Ijebu-Ode11212123315318895
42,543,00012,522,00020.31%Abuja6Idah, Lafia, Lokoja, Makurdi, Otukpo313563694270351172
5873,0006,705,00013.02%Benin City4Auchi, Issele-Uku, Warri2453928455237127
61,437,00011,048,00013.01%Calabar5Ikot Ekpene, Ogoja, Port Harcourt, Uyo3473638383365208
7816,00013,734,0005.94%Ibadan5Ekiti, Ondo, Osogbo, Oyo180106286447327172
8990,00018,795,0005.27%Jos5Bauchi, Jalingo, Maiduguri, Yola19335228163142121
9901,00029,633,0003.04%Kaduna7Ilorin, Kafanchan, Kano, Minna, Sokoto, Zaria25541296151229176

Note: The table above is generated with the most recent data available for each diocese. Dioceses with incomplete data may be excluded which will lower the totals for its Province.

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