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Diocese of Gboko

Dioecesis Gbokensis



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Bishop(s)

  • William Amove Avenya, Bishop

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 29 December 2012
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Abuja
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Nigeria
  • Square Kilometers: 10,692 (4,129 Square Miles)
  • Description: Civil districts: Gboko, Buruku, Kwande, Ushongo, Vandeikya, Tarka, and Konshisha
  • Official Web Site: https://www.cdgboko.org/
  • Mailing Address: Bishop's House, Villa Emmanuel, 3 Canaan Stgreet, P.M.B. 1955, Gboko, Benue State, Nigeria
  • Telephone: (0817)94.94.454

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
29 December 2012ErectedDiocese of Makurdi (Gboko, Tarka, Buruku, Ushongo, Kwande, Vandeikya, and Konshisha) Diocese of Gboko (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
2012896,8601,690,00053.1%808011,21062334bul:29Dec2012
2013708,6411,594,28744.4%1331335,3282336ap2014
2016720,8211,764,67540.8%10911106,55291558ap2017
2019802,0001,847,66043.4%9581037,786122580ap2020
2021842,4501,941,54043.4%154111655,105144784ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 105, Page 9, and Page 10

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