Diocese of Idah

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Idah (Latin: Idahin(us)) is a Latin suffragan diocese located in the city of Idah, Kogi State in the ecclesiastical province of Abuja, in Nigeria, yet remains subject to the Roman missionary Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.

Diocese of Idah Dioecesis Idahinus
Location
Country	Nigeria
Territory	Kogi State
Ecclesiastical province	Abuja
Metropolitan	Archbishop of Abuja
Coordinates	7°05′00″N 6°45′00″E
Statistics
Area	12,898 km2 (4,980 sq mi)
Population Total Catholics	(as of 2006) 1,409,000 188,617 (13.4%)
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Latin Rite
Cathedral	Saint Boniface Cathedral in Idah
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Bishop	Anthony Adaji
Map
Kogi State is shown in red.

Idah is located along the Niger river in Kogi State of Nigeria. The diocese mainly serves the Igala, Bassa and Igbo ethnic groups, who live in Kogi east along the Niger and Benue rivers, below their confluence, around Lokoja.

History

The first recorded Christian activities in this area are attributed to the services of the Church Missionary Society, a branch of Anglicanism, especially members of the 1841 British Niger Expedition, that included the African and Yoruba ex-slave, Samuel Ajayi Crowther, later to become an Anglican Bishop.

Special churches

The Cathedral episcopal see is a St. Boniface Cathedral, in Idah, which takes its name from the German missionary founding bishop of Fulda, St. Boniface (Winifred).