Archdiocese of Ibadan
Ibadanen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Ibadan, Nigeria
The Archdiocese of Ibadan is a Latin Church metropolitan archdiocese in southwestern Nigeria, founded as a diocese in 1958 and elevated to an archdiocese in 1994. Its suffragans include Ekiti, Ilorin, Ondo, Osogbo, and Oyo.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 26 March 1994
- Latin
- Ibadanen(sis)
- Patron
- São Patrício
- Annuario code
- 001001637
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 378,260
- Population
- 3,875,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 9.8%
- Priests
- 142
- Catholics per priest
- 2,664
- Extent
- 28,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 14
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
- Gabriel ’Leke Abegunrin
- Born
- 29 September 1949
- Birthplace
- Iwere-lle
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
St. Mary's Cathedral 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.
The province of Ibadan
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of EkitiEkiti
- Diocese of IlorinIlorin
- Diocese of OndoOndo
- Diocese of OsogboOsogbo
- Diocese of OyoOyo
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Ibadan, Nigeria is home to this Latin Church archdiocese of the Catholic Church, known in Latin as the Archidioecesis Ibadanensis.
How to reach it
- Diocesan offices
- Archbishop’s House, P.M.B. 5057, 8 Baale Latosa Rd., Onireke, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
- Telephone
- 899.333.340
- ibcathad@yahoo.com
This see keeps no website of its own, so the address of its diocesan offices is published here: withholding it would protect nothing and leave a reader with nowhere to go. Where a see publishes its own site, the register sends you there instead.
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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.