Diocese of Ekiti
Ekitien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Ekiti, Nigeria
Latin Church diocese in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria, erected in 1972 and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Ibadan. The bishop is Felix Femi Ajakaye.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 11 December 1972
- Latin
- Ekitien(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Patrick
- Annuario code
- 001001350
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 218,466
- Population
- 2,143,956
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 10.2%
- Priests
- 101
- Catholics per priest
- 2,163
- Extent
- 5,700 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 38
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
- Felix Femi Ajakaye
- Born
- 25 May 1962
- 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
Saint Patrick's Cathedral, Ado-Ekiti stands in Ekiti, 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 Ibadan
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Ibadan.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of IbadanIbadan
- Diocese of IlorinIlorin
- Diocese of OndoOndo
- Diocese of OsogboOsogbo
- Diocese of OyoOyo
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Ado-Ekiti, in Ekiti State, Nigeria, is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ekiti (Latin: Ekitien(sis)), which belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Ibadan.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.