Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kaduna, Nigeria

Continent: Western and Northern Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Kaduna / Kadunaën(sis) (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Kafanchan, Kano, Katsina, Kontagora, Minna, Sokoto, Zaria

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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History

1911.08.24: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Eastern Nigeria / Nigeria Orientale (Italiano) (from Apostolic Prefecture of Upper Niger)
1929.07.18: Renamed as Apostolic Prefecture of Northern Nigeria / Nigeria Settentrionale (Italiano) (gained territory from Apostolic Vicariate of Western Nigeria)
1934.04.09: Renamed as Apostolic Prefecture of Kaduna / de Kaduna (Latin) (lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Jos)
1942.04.28: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Niamey
1953.06.29: Promoted as Diocese of Kaduna / Kadunaën(sis) (Latin) (lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Sokoto and became suffragan of Lagos)
1955.02.21: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Kabba
1959.07.16: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kaduna / Kadunaën(sis) (Latin) (with suffragan sees Jos and Oturkpo)
1962.07.02: Gained suffragan see Yola
1964.06.16: Gained suffragan see Sokoto
1964.07.06: Gained suffragan see Kabba
1964.11.09: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Minna
1966.06.07: Gained suffragan see Maiduguri
1969.05.29: Gained suffragan see Ilorin
1973.09.17: Gained suffragan see Minna
1977.12.17: Gained suffragan see Idah
1989.06.19: Gained suffragan see Abuja
1991.03.22: Lost territory to establish Mission sui juris of Kano
1994.03.26: Lost suffragan sees Abuja, Idah, Jos, Lokoja, Maiduguri, Makurdi and Yola
1995.07.10: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Kafanchan and gained suffragan see Kafanchan
1999.06.22: Gained suffragan see Kano
2000.12.05: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Zaria and gained suffragan see Zaria
2009: Lost suffragan see Ilorin
2020.04.02: Gained suffragan see Kontagora
2023.10.16: Gained suffragan see Katsina

Papal Visits

Pope John Paul II (1982.02)

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2007.11.16 – ...):

Archbishop Matthew Man-oso Ndagoso (65)

Vice-President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Kaduna (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Matthew Man-oso Ndagoso (65)
(2007.11.16 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Kaduna (Nigeria)
Vice-President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria

To others as to you

Born:	1960.01.03 (Lot, Nigeria)
Ordained Priest:	1986.10.04
Consecrated Bishop:	2003.05.01

Priest of Yola (Nigeria) (1986.10.04 – 2003.02.28)

Bishop of Maiduguri (Nigeria) (2003.02.28 – 2007.11.16)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Kaduna (Nigeria) (2007.11.16 – ...)

Vice-President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (2022.03.09 – ...)

Archbishop Peter Yariyok Jatau
(1975.04.10 – 2007.11.16)

Born:	1931.08.05 (Marsa Kaje, Nigeria)
Ordained Priest:	1963.07.07
Consecrated Bishop:	1972.11.05
Died:	2020.12.16 (Kaduna, Nigeria † 89)

Titular Archbishop of Velebusdus (1972.06.26 – 1975.04.10)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Kaduna (Nigeria) (1972.06.26 – 1975.04.10)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Kaduna (Nigeria) (1975.04.10 – 2007.11.16)

Archbishop John MacCarthy, S.M.A.
(1959.07.16 – 1975.04.10)

Born:	1902.06.21 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1929.06.09
Consecrated Bishop:	1954.08.15
Died:	1975.06.12 († 72)

Prefect Apostolic of Kaduna (Nigeria) (1943.05.14 – 1953.06.29)

Bishop of Kaduna (Nigeria) (1953.06.29 – 1959.07.16)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Kaduna (Nigeria) (1959.07.16 – 1975.04.10)

Bishops of Kaduna (Roman Rite)

Bishop John MacCarthy, S.M.A. (later Archbishop)
(1953.06.29 – 1959.07.16)

(see above)

Prefects Apostolic of Kaduna (Roman Rite)

Fr. John MacCarthy, S.M.A. (later Archbishop)
(1943.05.14 – 1953.06.29)

(see above)

Fr. Thomas Hughes, S.M.A. (later Bishop)
(1934.04.09 – 1943.01.12)

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)

Prefects Apostolic of Northern Nigeria (Roman Rite)

Fr. Thomas Hughes, S.M.A. (later Bishop)
(1934.01.12 – 1934.04.09)

(see above)

Fr. William Thomas Porter, S.M.A. (later Archbishop)
(1930.04.08 – 1933.04.25)

Born:	1887.05.14 (England)
Ordained Priest:	1918.07.14
Consecrated Bishop:	1933.09.10
Died:	1966.06.16 († 79)

Prefect Apostolic of Northern Nigeria (Nigeria) (1930.04.08 – 1933.04.25)

Titular Bishop of Urusi (1933.04.25 – 1950.04.18)

Vicar Apostolic of Gold Coast (Ghana) (1933.04.25 – 1950.04.18)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cape Coast (Ghana) (1950.04.18 – 1959.05.15)

Apostolic Administrator of Cape Coast (Ghana) (1959.05.15 – 1959.12.19)

Titular Archbishop of Lemnus (1959.05.15 – 1966.06.16)

Bishop-elect François O’Rourke, S.M.A.
(1929.07.18 – 1930.03.31)

Born:	1882.10.14 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1906.07.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1930.06.08
Died:	1938.10.28 († 56)

Prefect Apostolic of Eastern Nigeria (Nigeria) (1929.05.17 – 1929.07.18)

Prefect Apostolic of Northern Nigeria (Nigeria) (1929.07.18 – 1930.03.31)

Titular Bishop of Ostracine (1930.03.27 – 1938.10.28)

Vicar Apostolic of Bight of Benin (Nigeria) (1930.03.31 – 1938.10.28)

Prefects Apostolic of Eastern Nigeria (Roman Rite)

Fr. François O’Rourke, S.M.A. (later Bishop)
(1929.05.17 – 1929.07.18)

(see above)

Fr. Osvaldo Waller, S.M.A.
(1911.09.26 – 1929.05.17)

Born:	(France)
Died:	1939.07.06

Prefect Apostolic of Eastern Nigeria (Nigeria) (1911.09.26 – 1929.05.17)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Peter Yariyok Jatau (1972.06.26 – 1975.04.10)