Diocese of Abeokuta
Abeokutan(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Abeokuta, Nigeria
The Diocese of Abeokuta is a Latin Church diocese in Ogun State, Nigeria, erected in 1997 from the Archdiocese of Lagos, of which it is a suffragan. Its seat is the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 24 October 1997
- Latin
- Abeokutan(us)
- Patron
- Saints Peter and Paul
- Annuario code
- 001000586
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 54,000
- Population
- 1,983,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 2.7%
- Priests
- 93
- Catholics per priest
- 581
- Extent
- 9,636 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 5.6
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Peter Kayode Odetoyinbo
- Born
- 28 January 1964
- Birthplace
- Ibadan
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul stands in Abeokuta, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Lagos
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Lagos.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of LagosLagos
- Diocese of Ijebu-OdeIjebu-Ode
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Seated in the city of Abeokuta, this Roman Catholic diocese (Latin: Abeokutan(us)) belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Lagos in Nigeria.
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The see's own website · Wikipedia
Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.