Diocese of Kafanchan, Nigeria 🇳🇬

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Kafanchan / Kafancan(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Kaduna

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

1995.07.10: Established as Diocese of Kafanchan / Kafancan(us) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Jos and Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kaduna and became suffragan of Kaduna)

Bishop (2019.12.12 – ...):

Bishop Julius Yakubu Kundi (58)

Bishops of Kafanchan (Roman Rite)

Bishop Julius Yakubu Kundi (58)
(2019.12.12 – ...)

Bishop of Kafanchan (Nigeria)

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)

Bishop of Kafanchan (Nigeria) (1995.07.10 – 2018.02.27)

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

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