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Archdiocese of Lagos

Lagosen(sis)

Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Lagos, Nigeria

The Archdiocese of Lagos is a Latin rite metropolitan see in Lagos State, Nigeria, raised to archdiocese on 18 April 1950, with suffragan dioceses of Abeokuta and Ijebu-Ode. Archbishop Alfred Adewale Martins has led it since 2012.

The see

Rank
Metropolitan see
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
18 April 1950
Latin
Lagosen(sis)
Annuario code
001001937

The see in figures

Catholics
3,365,461
Population
13,205,750
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
25.5%
Priests
498
Catholics per priest
6,758
Extent
3,355 km²
Catholics per km²
1,003

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
Alfred Adewale Martins
Born
1 June 1959
Birthplace
Abeokuta

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 the Holy Cross, Lagos stands in Lagos, 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 Lagos

This see is the metropolitan of its province.

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.