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Archdiocese of Lagos

Archidioecesis Lagosensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Alfred Adewale Martins, Archbishop
  • Anthony Olubunmi Okogie, Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

Suffragan Dioceses

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
  • Elevated: 18 April 1950
  • Metropolitan See
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Nigeria
  • Square Kilometers: 3,345 (1,292 Square Miles)
  • Official Web Site: http://www.lagosarchdiocese.org/
  • Mailing Address: Archdiocesan Secretariat, P.O. Box 8, 19 Catholic Mission St., Lagos, Nigeria
  • Telephone: (0803)32.22.081
  • Fax: (01)84.48.669

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Vicariate Apostolic of Dahomey
28 August 1860ErectedVicariate Apostolic of Two Guineas and Senegambia {Guinea Superiore e Inferiore e di Sierra Leone} Vicariate Apostolic of Dahomey (erected)
Vicariate Apostolic of Costa di Benin
24 August 1870Name ChangedVicariate Apostolic of Dahomey Vicariate Apostolic of Costa di Benin
26 June 1883Territory LostVicariate Apostolic of Costa di Benin Prefecture Apostolic of Dahomey (erected)
25 July 1889Territory LostVicariate Apostolic of Costa di Benin Prefecture Apostolic of Lower Niger {Niger Inferiore} (erected)
12 January 1943Territory LostVicariate Apostolic of Costa di Benin
Vicariate Apostolic of Western Nigeria {Nigeria Occidentale}
Vicariate Apostolic of Ondo-Ilorin (erected) (Ondo and Llorín)
Vicariate Apostolic of Lagos
12 January 1943Name ChangedVicariate Apostolic of Costa di Benin Vicariate Apostolic of Lagos
3 March 1949Territory LostVicariate Apostolic of Lagos (Northern part (Oyo and Ife Ilesha and Oshogbo)) Prefecture Apostolic of Oyo (erected)
Archdiocese of Lagos
18 April 1950ElevatedVicariate Apostolic of Lagos Archdiocese of Lagos
13 March 1952Territory LostArchdiocese of Lagos (Ibadan and part of Oshogbo) Prefecture Apostolic of Ibadan (erected)
29 May 1969Territory LostArchdiocese of Lagos (Ijebu) Diocese of Ijebu-Ode (erected)
24 October 1997Territory LostArchdiocese of Lagos (Abeokuta South, Abeokuta North, Ado/Odo/Otas, Egbado North, Egbado South, Ifo, Obafemi/Owose, and Odeda) Diocese of Abeokuta (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Archdiocese of Lagos
195059,5111,044,0005.7%996,612549ap1951
1970110,0002,600,0004.2%1446601,83353804ap1971
1980250,0004,000,0006.3%1540554,54543503ap1981
19901,200,0005,761,00020.8%43519412,76556704ap1991
19991,687,5207,628,66422.1%676613312,6886824052ap2000
20001,721,2707,781,23722.1%745312713,5535523953ap2001
20011,981,0009,124,00021.7%825914114,0496111055ap2002
20022,020,6204,306,48046.9%745713115,4245911658ap2003
20032,061,0324,392,60946.9%737414714,0207811558ap2004
20042,164,0834,524,38747.8%1008418411,7618812361ap2005
20133,127,33011,500,00027.2%15014529510,601150292111ap2014
20163,274,00012,276,00026.7%1851623479,435166311173ap2017
20193,528,00013,440,30026.2%2652244897,214224336185ap2020
20213,343,67513,075,00025.6%2692294986,714229340184ap2022

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Vicariate Apostolic of Lagos
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 35, Page 81, and Page 82
  • Archdiocese of Lagos
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 42, Page 615, to Page 619

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