Continent: Western and Northern Africa
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Diocese
Name: Maiduguri / Maidugurien(sis) (Latin)
Ecclesiastical Province: Jos
Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation
Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅
Bishop (2009.06.06 – ...): | Bishop Oliver Dashe Doeme (63) |
Auxiliary Bishop (2022.04.12 – ...): | Bishop John Bogna Bakeni (49) Titular Bishop of Leptiminus |
Bishops of Maiduguri (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Bishop Oliver Dashe Doeme (63) Bishop of Maiduguri (Nigeria)
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Bishop Matthew Man-oso Ndagoso (64) (later Archbishop) Metropolitan Archbishop of Kaduna (Nigeria)
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Bishop Senan Louis O’Donnell, O.S.A.
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Bishop James Timothy Kieran Cotter, O.S.A.
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Prefects Apostolic of Maiduguri (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Fr. James Timothy Kieran Cotter, O.S.A. (later Bishop) (see above) |
Area: 132,000 km²
Population: 216,765 Catholics (3.2% of 6,800,970 total)
Pastoral Centres: 43 parishes, 5 missions
Personnel: 67 priests (63 diocesan, 4 religious), 16 religious (4 brothers, 12 sisters), 50 seminarians
Last updated on 2024.04.30
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