Diocese of Bauchi, Nigeria 🇳🇬

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Bauchi / Bauchian(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Jos

Neighbouring Dioceses: Jos (↙), Kaduna (←), Kano (↖), Maiduguri (↗), Maroua–Mokolo (→), Garoua (→), Yola (↘)

1996.07.05: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Bauchi / Bauchian(us) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Jos)
2003.12.12: Promoted as Diocese of Bauchi / Bauchian(us) (Latin) (became suffragan of Jos)

Bishop (2017.05.31 – ...):

Bishop Hilary Nanman Dachelem, C.M.F. (59)

Bishops of Bauchi (Roman Rite)

Bishop Hilary Nanman Dachelem, C.M.F. (59)
(2017.05.31 – ...)

Bishop of Bauchi (Nigeria)

Bishop of Bauchi (Nigeria) (2017.05.31 – ...)

Bishop Malachy John Goltok
(2011.03.18 – 2015.03.21)

Priest of Jos (Nigeria) (1990.11.04 – 2011.03.18)

Bishop of Bauchi (Nigeria) (2011.03.18 – 2015.03.21)

Bishop John Francis Moore, S.M.A.
(2003.12.12 – 2010.01.20)

Titular Bishop of Gigthi (1996.07.05 – 2003.12.12)

Vicar Apostolic of Bauchi (Nigeria) (1996.07.05 – 2003.12.12)

Bishop of Bauchi (Nigeria) (2003.12.12 – 2010.01.20)

Vicars Apostolic of Bauchi (Roman Rite)

Bishop John Francis Moore, S.M.A.
(1996.07.05 – 2003.12.12)

(see above)

Jos (↙), Kaduna (←), Kano (↖), Maiduguri (↗), Maroua–Mokolo (→), Garoua (→), Yola (↘)

Area: 66,102 km²

Population: 101,000 Catholics (1.2% of 8,636,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 35 parishes, 29 missions

Personnel: 41 priests (30 diocesan, 11 religious), 33 religious (19 brothers, 14 sisters), 35 seminarians