Diocese of Jalingo

Ialingoën(sis)

Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Jalingo, Nigeria

The Diocese of Jalingo is a Latin Church diocese in Taraba State, Nigeria, carved from the Diocese of Yola on 3 February 1995 and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Jos. Its seat is the Cathedral of Our Lady Queen of Peace in Jalingo.

The see

Rank: Suffragan diocese
Tradition: Latin Church
Erected: 3 February 1995
Latin: Ialingoën(sis)
Patron: Our Lady Queen of Peace
Annuario code: 001001715

The see in figures

Catholics: 394,802
Population: 2,832,299
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds: 13.9%
Priests: 98
Catholics per priest: 4,029
Extent: 61,368 km²
Catholics per km²: 6.4

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: Charles M. Hammawa

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 Our Lady Queen of Peace stands in Jalingo, 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 Jos

A suffragan of Archdiocese of Jos.

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.