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Roman Catholic diocese in Nigeria From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Diocese of Bauchi (Latin: Bauchian(us)) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Northern Nigeria. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Jos in, yet depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.
Diocese of Bauchi Dioecesis Bauchianus | |
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Location | |
Country | Nigeria |
Territory | Bauchi State |
Ecclesiastical province | Jos |
Coordinates | 10°18′57″N 09°50′39″E |
Statistics | |
Area | 64,605 km2 (24,944 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 5,406,530 68,699 (1.3%) |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | December 31, 2003 |
Cathedral | Cathedral of Saint John Evangelist in Bauchi |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Hilary Nanman Dachelem, CMF |
Map | |
Bauchi State is shown in red. | |
Website | |
www.bauchidiocese.org |
Its cathedral is the Cathedral of St. John Evangelist, located in the episcopal see of Bauchi in Bauchi State.
As of 2014[update], it pastorally served 79,000 Catholics (1.2% of 6,742,000 total) on 66,102 km2 in 23 parishes and 1 mission with 39 priests (34 diocesan, 5 religious), 18 lay religious (9 brothers, 9 sisters) and 13 seminarians.
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