Diocese of

Ondo

Nigeria

Continent: Western and Northern Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Ondo / Ondoën(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Ibadan

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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Celebrations

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History

1943.01.12: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Ondo-Ilorin (from Apostolic Vicariate of Bight of Benin and Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Nigeria)
1950.04.18: Promoted as Diocese of Ondo / Ondoën(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Lagos)
1960.01.20: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Ilorin
1972.07.30: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Ado-Ekiti
1994.03.26: Became suffragan of Ibadan

Present Prelates

Bishop (2010.11.26 – ...):

Bishop Jude Ayodeji Arogundade (63)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Ondo (Roman Rite)

Bishop Jude Ayodeji Arogundade (63)
(2010.11.26 – ...)

Bishop of Ondo (Nigeria)

Born:	1961.06.02 (Oka-Akoko, Niger)
Ordained Priest:	1990.09.08
Consecrated Bishop:	2010.05.06

Priest of Ondo (Nigeria) (1990.09.08 – 2010.02.15)

Coadjutor Bishop of Ondo (Nigeria) (2010.02.15 – 2010.11.26)

Bishop of Ondo (Nigeria) (2010.11.26 – ...)

Bishop Francis Folorunsho Clement Alonge (89)
(1976.05.31 – 2010.11.26)

Bishop emeritus of Ondo (Nigeria)

Kristi L’Oluso Mi

Born:	1935.03.01 (Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria)
Ordained Priest:	1963.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1974.04.21

Titular Bishop of Thignica (1973.12.17 – 1976.05.31)

Auxiliary Bishop of Ondo (Nigeria) (1973.12.17 – 1976.05.31)

Bishop of Ondo (Nigeria) (1976.05.31 – 2010.11.26)

Bishop William Richard Field, S.M.A.
(1958.01.16 – 1976.05.31)

Born:	1907.07.06 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1934.06.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1958.04.27
Died:	1988.02.03 († 80)

Bishop of Ondo (Nigeria) (1958.01.16 – 1976.05.31)

Bishop Thomas Hughes, S.M.A.
(1950.04.18 – 1957.04.01)

Born:	1892.02.01 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1927.06.16
Consecrated Bishop:	1943.05.09
Died:	1957.04.17 († 65)

Prefect Apostolic of Northern Nigeria (Nigeria) (1934.01.12 – 1934.04.09)

Prefect Apostolic of Kaduna (Nigeria) (1934.04.09 – 1943.01.12)

Titular Bishop of Nepte (1943.01.12 – 1950.04.18)

Vicar Apostolic of Ondo-Ilorin (Nigeria) (1943.01.12 – 1950.04.18)

Bishop of Ondo (Nigeria) (1950.04.18 – 1957.04.01)

Titular Bishop of Latopolis (1957.04.01 – 1957.04.17)

Vicars Apostolic of Ondo-Ilorin (Roman Rite)

Bishop Thomas Hughes, S.M.A.
(1943.01.12 – 1950.04.18)

(see above)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Jude Ayodeji Arogundade (63) (2010.02.15 – 2010.11.26)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Francis Folorunsho Clement Alonge (89) (1973.12.17 – 1976.05.31)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Michael Patrick Olatunji Fagun (89) (1971.06.28 – 1972.07.30)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Sacred Heart Cathedral, Akure, Ondo

Ijebu-Ode (↙), Osogbo (↖), Ekiti (↑), Lokoja (↗), Auchi (→), Benin City (↘), Warri (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 15,500 km²

Population: 177,248 Catholics (4.7% of 3,796,600 total)

Pastoral Centres: 64 parishes

Personnel: 111 priests (102 diocesan, 9 religious), 70 religious (18 brothers, 52 sisters), 47 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2025.01.27

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