Diocese of Ekiti, Nigeria 🇳🇬

Continent: Western and Northern Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Ekiti / Ekitien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Ibadan

Neighbouring Dioceses: Osogbo (←), Ilorin (↖), Lokoja (→), Ondo (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1972.07.30: Established as Diocese of Ado-Ekiti / Adœkitien(sis)–Ekitien(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Ondo)
1972.12.11: Renamed as Diocese of Ekiti / Ekitien(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Lagos)
1994.03.26: Became suffragan of Ibadan

Present Prelates

Bishop (2010.04.17 – ...):

Bishop Felix Femi Ajakaye (63)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Ekiti (Roman Rite)

Bishop Felix Femi Ajakaye (63)
(2010.04.17 – ...)

Bishop of Ekiti (Nigeria)

Christ is my strength

Born:	1962.05.25 (Ibadan, Nigeria)
Ordained Priest:	1987.07.04
Consecrated Bishop:	2008.07.12

Priest of Ekiti (Nigeria) (1987.07.04 – 2008.04.16)

Coadjutor Bishop of Ekiti (Nigeria) (2008.04.16 – 2010.04.17)

Bishop of Ekiti (Nigeria) (2010.04.17 – ...)

Bishop Michael Patrick Olatunji Fagun
(1972.12.11 – 2010.04.17)

Confide in Deo

Born:	1935.04.17 (Akure, Nigeria)
Ordained Priest:	1965.07.04
Consecrated Bishop:	1971.10.10
Died:	2025.10.13 (Nigeria † 90)

Priest of Ondo (Nigeria) (1965.07.04 – 1971.06.28)

Titular Bishop of Casæ nigræ (1971.06.28 – 1972.07.30)

Auxiliary Bishop of Ondo (Nigeria) (1971.06.28 – 1972.07.30)

Bishop of Ado-Ekiti (Nigeria) (1972.07.30 – 1972.12.11)

Bishop of Ekiti (Nigeria) (1972.12.11 – 2010.04.17)

Bishops of Ado-Ekiti (Roman Rite)

Bishop Michael Patrick Olatunji Fagun
(1972.07.30 – 1972.12.11)

(see above)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Felix Femi Ajakaye (63) (2008.04.16 – 2010.04.17)

Special Churches

Cathedral: St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti

Osogbo (←), Ilorin (↖), Lokoja (→), Ondo (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 5,888 km²

Population: 511,658 Catholics (14.2% of 3,612,110 total)

Pastoral Centres: 61 parishes, 15 missions

Personnel: 96 priests (92 diocesan, 4 religious), 82 religious (8 brothers, 74 sisters), 28 seminarians