Diocese of Sokoto
Sokotoën(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Sokoto, Nigeria
The Diocese of Sokoto is a Latin Church see in northwestern Nigeria, erected as a diocese on 16 June 1964, covering Sokoto, Zamfara, Kebbi and Katsina states. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Kaduna.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 16 June 1964
- Latin
- Sokotoën(sis)
- Patron
- Holy Family
- Annuario code
- 001003085
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 60,554
- Population
- 12,251,910
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 0.5%
- Priests
- 41
- Catholics per priest
- 1,477
- Extent
- 109,507 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.6
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
- Matthew Hassan Kukah
- Born
- 31 August 1952
- Birthplace
- Kulu
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
Holy Family Cathedral, Sokoto stands in Sokoto, 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 Kaduna
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Kaduna.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of KadunaKaduna
- Diocese of KafanchanKafanchan
- Diocese of KanoKano
- Diocese of KatsinaKatsina
- Diocese of KontagoraKontagora
- Diocese of MinnaMinna
- Diocese of ZariaZaria
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Based in the Nigerian city of Sokoto, this Roman Catholic diocese (Latin: Sokotoën(sis)) belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Kaduna. Its territory embraces the states of Sokoto, Zamfara, Kebbi, and Katsina.
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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.