Diocese of

Kontagora

Nigeria

Continent: Western and Northern Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Kontagora / Kongtagoran(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Kaduna

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Website:

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1995.12.15: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Kontagora / Kongtagoran(us) (Latin) (from Diocese of Ilorin, Diocese of Minna and Diocese of Sokoto)
2002.04.30: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Kontagora / Kongtagoran(us) (Latin)
2020.04.02: Promoted as Diocese of Kontagora / Kongtagoran(us) (Latin) (became suffragan of Kaduna)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2020.04.02 – ...):

Bishop Bulus Dauwa Yohanna (54)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Kontagora (Roman Rite)

Bishop Bulus Dauwa Yohanna (54)
(2020.04.02 – ...)

Bishop of Kontagora (Nigeria)

For nothing will be impossible with God / Ba wada fadar Allah da zata kasa cika

Born:	1970.12.15 (Vuroro, Nigeria)
Ordained Priest:	1998.01.10
Consecrated Bishop:	2012.05.03

Priest of Ilorin (Nigeria) (1998.01.10 – 2012.02.02)

Titular Bishop of Scebatiana (2012.02.02 – 2020.04.02)

Vicar Apostolic of Kontagora (Nigeria) (2012.02.02 – 2020.04.02)

Bishop of Kontagora (Nigeria) (2020.04.02 – ...)

Vicars Apostolic of Kontagora (Roman Rite)

Bishop Bulus Dauwa Yohanna (54)
(2012.02.02 – 2020.04.02)

(see above)

Bishop Timothy Joseph Carroll, S.M.A. (84)
(2002.04.30 – 2010.04.30)

Titular Bishop of Tipasa in Mauretania
Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Kontagora (Nigeria)

Born:	1940.04.23 (Millstreet, Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1965.12.20
Consecrated Bishop:	2002.08.17

Prefect Apostolic of Kontagora (Nigeria) (1995.12.15 – 2002.04.30)

Vicar Apostolic of Kontagora (Nigeria) (2002.04.30 – 2010.04.30)

Titular Bishop of Tipasa in Mauretania (2002.04.30 – ...)

Prefects Apostolic of Kontagora (Roman Rite)

Fr. Timothy Joseph Carroll, S.M.A. (84) (later Bishop)
(1995.12.15 – 2002.04.30)

(see above)

Special Churches

Cathedral: St. Michael’s Cathedral, Kontagora, Niger

Ilorin (←), Sokoto (↑), Zaria (↗), Kaduna (→), Minna (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 46,000 km²

Population: 93,202 Catholics (3.0% of 3,083,202 total)

Pastoral Centres: 22 parishes, 2 missions

Personnel: 36 priests (26 diocesan, 10 religious), 37 religious (10 brothers, 27 sisters), 22 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2025.01.27

© 2025 GCatholic.org