Diocese of Lafia
Lafien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Lafia, Nigeria
The Diocese of Lafia is a Latin rite see in Nasarawa State, Nigeria, established on 5 December 2000 from the Archdiocese of Jos and the Diocese of Makurdi, and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Abuja. It is led by Bishop David Ajang.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 5 December 2000
- Latin
- Lafien(sis)
- Patron
- Saint William
- Annuario code
- 001001934
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 189,686
- Population
- 1,867,241
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 10.2%
- Priests
- 90
- Catholics per priest
- 2,108
- Extent
- 28,500 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 6.7
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
- David Ajang
- Born
- 31 March 1970
- Birthplace
- Zaria
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. William's Cathedral, Lafia stands in Lafia, 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 Abuja
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Abuja.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of AbujaAbuja
- Diocese of GbokoGboko
- Diocese of IdahIdah
- Diocese of Katsina-AlaKatsina-Ala
- Diocese of LokojaLokoja
- Diocese of MakurdiMakurdi
- Diocese of OtukpoOtukpo
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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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.