Diocese of

Kano

Nigeria

Continent: Western and Northern Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Kano / Kanen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Kaduna

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1991.03.22: Established as Mission sui juris of Kano / Kanen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kaduna)
1995.12.15: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Kano / Kanen(sis) (Latin)
1999.06.22: Promoted as Diocese of Kano / Kanen(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Kaduna)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2008.03.20 – ...):

Bishop John Namaza Niyiring, O.S.A. (65)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Kano (Roman Rite)

Bishop John Namaza Niyiring, O.S.A. (65)
(2008.03.20 – ...)

Bishop of Kano (Nigeria)

Born:	1960.06.04 (Zonkwa, Nigeria)
Ordained Priest:	1992.07.12
Consecrated Bishop:	2008.05.13

Bishop of Kano (Nigeria) (2008.03.20 – ...)

Bishop Patrick Francis Sheehan, O.S.A.
(1999.06.22 – 2008.03.20)

Born:	1932.05.28 (Boyle, Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1956.02.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1971.01.06
Died:	2012.11.08 († 80)

Bishop of Yola (Nigeria) (1970.09.21 – 1996.07.05)

Vicar Apostolic of Kano (Nigeria) (1996.07.05 – 1999.06.22)

Bishop of Kano (Nigeria) (1999.06.22 – 2008.03.20)

Vicars Apostolic of Kano (Roman Rite)

Bishop Patrick Francis Sheehan, O.S.A.
(1996.07.05 – 1999.06.22)

(see above)

Ecclesiastical Superiors of Kano (Roman Rite)

Fr. John Francis Brown, S.M.A.
(1991 – 1995)

Ecclesiastical Superior of Kano (Nigeria) (1991 – 1995)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of Our Lady of Fatima, Kano, Kano

Zaria (↙), Katsina (↖), Maradi (↑), Maiduguri (→), Bauchi (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 43,819 km²

Population: 254,200 Catholics (1.8% of 14,325,400 total)

Pastoral Centres: 36 parishes

Personnel: 44 priests (38 diocesan, 6 religious), 19 religious (6 brothers, 13 sisters), 30 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2026.02.10

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