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Archdiocese of Kaduna

Archidioecesis Kadunaensis



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General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
  • Elevated: 16 July 1959
  • Metropolitan See
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Nigeria
  • Square Kilometers: 17,094 (6,602 Square Miles)
  • Official Web Site: http://kadunaecclesia.org/
  • Mailing Address: Archbishop's House, 71 Tafawa Balewa Way, Kaduna, Nigeria
  • Telephone: (0802)35.70.826

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Prefecture Apostolic of Eastern Nigeria {Nigeria Orientale}
24 August 1911ErectedPrefecture Apostolic of Upper Niger {Niger Superiore} Prefecture Apostolic of Eastern Nigeria {Nigeria Orientale} (erected)
Prefecture Apostolic of Northern Nigeria {Nigeria Settentrionale}
18 July 1929Name ChangedVicariate 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 1934Territory LostPrefecture 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 1934ElevatedPrefecture Apostolic of Northern Nigeria {Nigeria Settentrionale} Prefecture Apostolic of Kaduna
28 April 1942Territory LostVicariate 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 1953Territory LostPrefecture Apostolic of Kaduna (Sokoto and Katsina) Prefecture Apostolic of Sokoto (erected)
Diocese of Kaduna
29 June 1953ElevatedPrefecture Apostolic of Kaduna Diocese of Kaduna
21 February 1955Territory LostDiocese of Benin City
Diocese of Kaduna
Prefecture Apostolic of Oturkpo
Prefecture Apostolic of Kabba (erected) (Civil Province of Kabba)
Archdiocese of Kaduna
16 July 1959ElevatedDiocese of Kaduna Archdiocese of Kaduna
9 November 1964Territory LostArchdiocese of Kaduna (Province of Niger) Prefecture Apostolic of Minna (erected)
22 March 1991Territory LostArchdiocese of Kaduna Mission "Sui Iuris" of Kano (erected)
10 July 1995Territory LostArchdiocese of Jos (Kaura, Jema'a, and Jaba)
Archdiocese of Kaduna (Kaum, Lere, and Zangón Kataf)
Diocese of Kafanchan (erected)
5 December 2000Territory LostArchdiocese 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)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Prefecture Apostolic of Kaduna
194916,8876,000,000.3%28286031710ap1951
Diocese of Kaduna
Archdiocese of Kaduna
197054,0007,900,000.7%340431,255414922ap1971
1980145,7957,489,0001.9%1339522,8033923ap1981
1990321,2577,449,0004.3%4226684,724261843ap1991
1999318,4433,240,0009.8%6010704,549102245ap2000
2000253,5022,163,00011.7%5310634,023102235ap2001
2001269,1502,163,00012.4%448525,17582235ap2002
2002280,1502,163,00013.0%4510555,093102235ap2003
2003310,5432,248,00013.8%668744,19682742ap2004
2004323,0764,951,3106.5%728804,03882741ap2005
2006382,6385,230,0007.3%888963,98582743ap2007
2011545,3805,916,0009.2%7612886,197372650ap2012
2013569,8981,769,18632.2%8410946,062352460ap2014
2016581,7302,001,00029.1%106121184,929373575ap2017
2019591,0002,424,39624.4%14071474,02073493ap2020
2021609,5002,624,39623.2%12471314,65273489ap2022

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Prefecture Apostolic of Northern Nigeria {Nigeria Settentrionale}
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 22, Page 126, and Page 127
  • Prefecture Apostolic of Kaduna
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 27, Page 252, and Page 253
  • Diocese of Kaduna
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 46, Page 81, to Page 83
  • Archdiocese of Kaduna
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 52, Page 72, and Page 73

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