Diocese of Maiduguri
Maidugurien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Maiduguri, Nigeria
The Diocese of Maiduguri is a Latin Catholic see in Borno State, northeastern Nigeria, erected in 1966. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Jos and has faced significant disruption from Boko Haram violence.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 7 June 1966
- Latin
- Maidugurien(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Patrick
- Annuario code
- 001002108
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 202,745
- Population
- 6,612,685
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 3.1%
- Priests
- 60
- Catholics per priest
- 3,379
- Extent
- 132,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1.5
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
- Oliver Dashe Doeme
- Born
- 13 December 1960
- Birthplace
- Kwanoeng
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
Saint Patrick's Cathedral stands in Maiduguri, 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:
- Archdiocese of JosJos
- Diocese of BauchiBauchi
- Diocese of JalingoJalingo
- Diocese of PankshinPankshin
- Diocese of ShendamShendam
- Diocese of WukariWukari
- Diocese of YolaYola
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
A Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church, Maiduguri (Latin: Dioecesis Maiduguriensis) is seated in the city of that name within the ecclesiastical province of Jos in Nigeria.
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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.