Diocese of Maiduguri, Nigeria 🇳🇬

Continent: Western and Northern Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Maiduguri / Maidugurien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Jos

Neighbouring Dioceses: Bauchi (↙), Kano (←), Maradi (↖), N’Djaména (↗), Yagoua (→), Maroua–Mokolo (↘)

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1953.06.29: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Maiduguri / Maidugurien(sis) (Latin) (from Apostolic Prefecture of Jos)
1966.06.07: Promoted as Diocese of Maiduguri / Maidugurien(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Kaduna)
1994.03.26: Became suffragan of Jos

Present Prelates

Bishop (2009.06.06 – ...):	Bishop Oliver Dashe Doeme (65)
Auxiliary Bishop (2022.04.12 – ...):	Bishop John Bogna Bakeni (51) Titular Bishop of Leptiminus

Ordinaries

Bishops of Maiduguri (Roman Rite)

Bishop Oliver Dashe Doeme (65)
(2009.06.06 – ...)

Bishop of Maiduguri (Nigeria)

Born:	1960.12.13 (Kwanoeng, Nigeria)
Ordained Priest:	1997.10.18
Consecrated Bishop:	2009.08.13

Priest of Shendam (Nigeria) (1997.10.18 – 2009.06.06)

Bishop of Maiduguri (Nigeria) (2009.06.06 – ...)

Bishop Matthew Man-oso Ndagoso (66) (later Archbishop)
(2003.02.28 – 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 – ...)

Bishop Senan Louis O’Donnell, O.S.A.
(1993.09.18 – 2003.02.06)

Born:	1927.02.24 (Scattery Island, Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1955.07.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1993.11.28
Died:	2023.04.12 (Dún Laoghaire, Ireland † 96)

Apostolic Administrator of Maiduguri (Nigeria) (1990.06.15 – 1993.09.18)

Bishop of Maiduguri (Nigeria) (1993.09.18 – 2003.02.06)

Fr. Senan Louis O’Donnell, O.S.A. (later Bishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 1990.06.15 – 1993.09.18)

Bishop James Timothy Kieran Cotter, O.S.A.
(1966.06.07 – 1988.03.15)

Born:	1916.06.14 (Abbeyfeale, Limerick, Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1941.07.13
Consecrated Bishop:	1966.09.08
Died:	1988.03.15 († 71)

Prefect Apostolic of Maiduguri (Nigeria) (1962.07.05 – 1966.06.07)

Bishop of Maiduguri (Nigeria) (1966.06.07 – 1988.03.15)

Prefects Apostolic of Maiduguri (Roman Rite)

Fr. James Timothy Kieran Cotter, O.S.A. (later Bishop)
(1962.07.05 – 1966.06.07)

(see above)

Special Churches

Cathedral: St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Maiduguri, Borno

Bauchi (↙), Kano (←), Maradi (↖), N’Djaména (↗), Yagoua (→), Maroua–Mokolo (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 132,000 km²

Population: 226,000 Catholics (3.1% of 7,250,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 43 parishes, 5 missions

Personnel: 65 priests (61 diocesan, 4 religious), 16 religious (4 brothers, 12 sisters), 46 seminarians