Diocese of Osogbo
Osogboan(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Osogbo, Nigeria
The Diocese of Osogbo is a Latin Church diocese in Osun State, Nigeria, erected in 1995 from the Diocese of Oyo. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Ibadan.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 3 March 1995
- Latin
- Osogboan(us)
- Patron
- Saint Benedict
- Annuario code
- 001002482
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 62,500
- Population
- 1,861,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 3.4%
- Priests
- 77
- Catholics per priest
- 812
- Extent
- 8,062 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 7.8
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
- John A. Oyejola
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 Saint Benedict, Osogbo stands in Osogbo, 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 Ibadan
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Ibadan.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of IbadanIbadan
- Diocese of EkitiEkiti
- Diocese of IlorinIlorin
- Diocese of OndoOndo
- Diocese of OyoOyo
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In Osogbo, a city in Osun State within Nigeria's ecclesiastical province of Ibadan, sits the Roman Catholic Diocese of Osogbo (Latin: Osogboan(us)).
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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.