Archdiocese of Abuja

Abugen(sis)

Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Abuja, Nigeria

The Archdiocese of Abuja is a Latin Church metropolitan archdiocese covering Nigeria's federal capital territory, erected as a diocese in 1989 and elevated to an archdiocese in 1994. Its seat is Our Lady Queen of Nigeria Pro-Cathedral.

The see

Rank: Metropolitan see
Tradition: Latin Church
Erected: 26 March 1994
Latin: Abugen(sis)
Annuario code: 001000590

The see in figures

Catholics: 538,000
Population: 2,991,000
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds: 18.0%
Priests: 348
Catholics per priest: 1,546
Extent: 8,000 km²
Catholics per km²: 67

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

Archbishop: Ignatius Ayau Kaigama
Born: 31 July 1958
Birthplace: Kona

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

Our Lady Queen of Nigeria Pro-Cathedral stands in Abuja, 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 Abuja

This see is the metropolitan of its province.

The sees of this province:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

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Sources

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.