Diocese of Oyo
Oyoën(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Oyo, Nigeria
The Diocese of Oyo is a Latin Church suffragan diocese in Oyo State, Nigeria, in the ecclesiastical province of Ibadan. It was erected as an apostolic prefecture in 1949 and promoted to a diocese in 1963.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 18 January 1963
- Latin
- Oyoën(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady of the Assumption
- Annuario code
- 001002504
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 36,542
- Population
- 2,031,660
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 1.8%
- Priests
- 47
- Catholics per priest
- 777
- Extent
- 18,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 2.0
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
- Emmanuel Adetoyese Badejo
- Born
- 13 July 1961
- Birthplace
- Funtua
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 the Assumption Cathedral stands in Oyo, 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 OsogboOsogbo
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
A Latin suffragan see within Nigeria's ecclesiastical province of Ibadan, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Oyo (Latin: Oyoën(sis)) remains dependent on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.
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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.