Diocese of Makurdi
Makurden(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Makurdi, Nigeria
The Diocese of Makurdi is a Latin Catholic see covering Benue State in central Nigeria. It was erected in 1959 as the Diocese of Oturkpo, renamed Makurdi in 1960, and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Abuja.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 28 June 1960
- Latin
- Makurden(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady of Perpetual Help
- Annuario code
- 001002113
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,580,000
- Population
- 3,005,568
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 52.6%
- Priests
- 122
- Catholics per priest
- 12,951
- Extent
- 24,461 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 65
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
- Wilfred Chikpa Anagbe
- Born
- 2 April 1965
- Birthplace
- Aondona Village
- Institute
- MISSIONARI FIGLI DEL CUORE IMMACOLATO DI MARIA (CLARETTIANI)
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
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Cathedral stands in Makurdi, 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 LafiaLafia
- Diocese of LokojaLokoja
- Diocese of OtukpoOtukpo
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Makurdi, in Nigeria's Benue State, is home to a Latin Catholic diocese bearing its name (Latin: Makurden(sis)). The see belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Abuja.
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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.