Diocese of

Ijebu-Ode

Nigeria Nigeria

Continent: Western and Northern Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Ijebu-Ode / Iiebuoden(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Lagos

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

Present Prelates

Bishop (2019.01.17 – ...):Bishop Francis Obafemi Adesina (61)Bishop Francis Obafemi Adesina (61)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Ijebu-Ode (Roman Rite)

Bishop Francis Obafemi Adesina (61)Bishop Francis Obafemi Adesina (61)
(2019.01.17 – ...)

Bishop of Ijebu-Ode (Nigeria)

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Born:1964.01.28 (Wenchi, Ghana)
Ordained Priest:1989.10.14
Consecrated Bishop:2019.04.25

Priest of Oyo (Nigeria) (1989.10.14 – 2019.01.17)

Bishop of Ijebu-Ode (Nigeria) (2019.01.17 – ...)

Bishop Albert Ayinde Fasina
(1990.08.14 – 2019.01.17)

Born:1939.07.08 (Odolewu, Nigeria)
Ordained Priest:1980.03.03
Consecrated Bishop:1988.09.10
Died:2021.06.29 (Ijebu Ode, Nigeria † 81)

Coadjutor Bishop of Ijebu-Ode (Nigeria) (1988.06.21 – 1990.08.14)

Bishop of Ijebu-Ode (Nigeria) (1990.08.14 – 2019.01.17)

Bishop Anthony Saliu Sanusi
(1969.05.29 – 1990.08.14)

Born:1911.01.02 (Nigeria)
Ordained Priest:1944.12.17
Consecrated Bishop:1969.08.01
Died:2009.12.08 († 98)

Bishop of Ijebu-Ode (Nigeria) (1969.05.29 – 1990.08.14)

Apostolic Administrator of Lagos (Nigeria) (1972 – 1973.04.13)

Former Prelates

Special Churches

Lagos (↙), Abeokuta (↖), Ibadan (↑), Osogbo (↗), Ondo (→)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 5,690 km²

Population: 84,774 Catholics (3.9% of 2,195,799 total)

Pastoral Centres: 41 parishes

Personnel: 52 priests (48 diocesan, 4 religious), 200 religious (98 brothers, 102 sisters), 22 seminarians

Population

Pastoral Centres

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Seminarians

Last updated on 2025.05.09

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