Diocese of Kontagora
Kontagoran(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Kontagora, Nigeria
The Diocese of Kontagora is a Latin Church diocese in Niger State, Nigeria. It began as an apostolic prefecture in 1995, became an apostolic vicariate in 2002, and was raised to a diocese on 2 April 2020 under the Archdiocese of Kaduna. Bishop Bulus Dauwa Yohanna has led it since 2020.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 2 April 2020
- Latin
- Kontagoran(us)
- Patron
- St. Michael
- Annuario code
- 001000421
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 62,788
- Population
- 2,257,788
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 2.8%
- Priests
- 36
- Catholics per priest
- 1,744
- Extent
- 46,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1.4
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
- Bulus Dauwa Yohanna
- Born
- 15 December 1970
- Birthplace
- Vuroro
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. Michael's Cathedral stands in Kontagora, 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 Kaduna
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Kaduna.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of KadunaKaduna
- Diocese of KafanchanKafanchan
- Diocese of KanoKano
- Diocese of KatsinaKatsina
- Diocese of MinnaMinna
- Diocese of SokotoSokoto
- Diocese of ZariaZaria
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The Nigerian city of Kontagora holds the seat of a Roman Catholic diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Kongtagorana), a suffragan see within the Kaduna province.
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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.