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Diocese of Annunciation of Ibadan

Annuntiationis Maronitarum

The Maronite Catholic Eparchy of the Annunciation, seated in Ibadan, Nigeria, is an eparchy of the Maronite Church immediately subject to the Holy See. It was erected on 28 February 2018 from the earlier Apostolic Exarchate, and serves Maronite faithful across West and Central Africa.

The see

Rank
Eparchy immediately subject to the Holy See
Tradition
Maronite Church
Erected
2018
Latin
Annuntiationis Maronitarum
Patron
Our Lady of the Annunciation
Annuario code
001000310

The bishop

Eparch
Simon Faddoul

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 of the Annunciation Cathedral, Ibadan stands in Ibadan, 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.

History

Serving Maronite faithful across a wide span of West and Central Africa, the Eparchy of the Annunciation answers immediately to the Holy See. Its territory takes in Nigeria, Benin, Togo, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Senegal and Angola. The present ordinary is Eparch Simon Faddoul.

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Sources

The see's own website · Wikipedia · GCatholic

Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.