Diocese of

Kafanchan

Nigeria Nigeria

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Continent: Western and Northern Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Kafanchan / Kafancan(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Kaduna

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

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History

Present Prelates

Bishop (2019.12.12 – ...):Bishop Julius Yakubu Kundi (56)Bishop Julius Yakubu Kundi (56)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Kafanchan (Roman Rite)

Bishop Julius Yakubu Kundi (56)Bishop Julius Yakubu Kundi (56)
(2019.12.12 – ...)

Bishop of Kafanchan (Nigeria)

Gratias vobis et humilem

Born:1968.02.15 (Danladi, Nigeria)
Ordained Priest:1997.06.14
Consecrated Bishop:2020.02.20

Priest of Kaduna (Nigeria) (1997.06.14 – 2019.12.12)

Bishop of Kafanchan (Nigeria) (2019.12.12 – ...)

Bishop Joseph Danlami Bagobiri
(1995.07.10 – 2018.02.27)

Born:1957.11.08 (Nigeria)
Ordained Priest:1983.06.11
Consecrated Bishop:1995.10.21
Died:2018.02.27 († 60)

Bishop of Kafanchan (Nigeria) (1995.07.10 – 2018.02.27)

Special Churches

Abuja (↙), Minna (←), Kaduna (↖), Jos (→), Lafia (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 14,860 km²

Population: 403,850 Catholics (20.7% of 1,946,475 total)

Pastoral Centres: 58 parishes, 2 missions

Personnel: 123 priests (120 diocesan, 3 religious), 249 religious (200 brothers, 49 sisters), 198 seminarians

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