Diocese of Maradi
Maraden(sis)
Diocese immediately subject to the Holy See · Latin Church · Maradi, Niger
The Diocese of Maradi is a Latin Rite suffragan diocese in Niger, erected in 2001 from the Diocese of Niamey. Bishop Ignatius Kanmurum Anipu, a Ghanaian Missionary of Africa, was appointed in February 2025 as its second ordinary.
The see
- Rank
- Diocese immediately subject to the Holy See
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 13 March 2001
- Latin
- Maraden(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady of Lourdes
- Annuario code
- 001002157
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 2,039
- Population
- 8,830,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 0.0%
- Priests
- 23
- Catholics per priest
- 89
- Extent
- 1,065,560 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.0
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
- Ignatius Anipu
- Born
- 7 November 1959
- Birthplace
- Wiagha
- Institute
- MISSIONARI D'AFRICA (PADRI BIANCHI)
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 Our Lady of Lourdes, Maradi stands in Maradi, 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 Niamey
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Niamey.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of NiameyNiamey
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Located in Maradi, Niger, this Catholic diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Maradensis) is a suffragan see within the province headed by the metropolitan Archdiocese of Niamey.
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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.