Diocese of Osogbo, Nigeria 🇳🇬

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Osogbo / Osogboan(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Ibadan

Neighbouring Dioceses: Ibadan (↙), Oyo (←), Ilorin (↑), Ekiti (→), Ondo (↘), Ijebu-Ode (↓)

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1995.03.03: Established as Diocese of Osogbo / Osogboan(us) (Latin) (from Diocese of Oyo and became suffragan of Ibadan)

Bishop (2016.04.02 – ...):

Bishop John Akinkunmi Oyejola (62)

Bishops of Osogbo (Roman Rite)

Bishop John Akinkunmi Oyejola (62)
(2016.04.02 – ...)

Bishop of Osogbo (Nigeria)

Priest of Oyo (Nigeria) (1991.10.05 – 2016.04.02)

Bishop of Osogbo (Nigeria) (2016.04.02 – ...)

Archbishop Gabriel ’Leke Abegunrin (76)
(Apostolic Administrator 2013.10.29 – 2016.04.02)

Bishop Gabriel ’Leke Abegunrin (76) (later Archbishop)
(1995.03.03 – 2013.10.29)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ibadan (Nigeria)

Priest of Oyo (Nigeria) (1979.04.21 – 1995.03.03)

Bishop of Osogbo (Nigeria) (1995.03.03 – 2013.10.29)

Apostolic Administrator of Osogbo (Nigeria) (2013.10.29 – 2016.04.02)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ibadan (Nigeria) (2013.10.29 – ...)

Ibadan (↙), Oyo (←), Ilorin (↑), Ekiti (→), Ondo (↘), Ijebu-Ode (↓)

Area: 8,062 km²

Population: 78,925 Catholics (3.2% of 2,442,575 total)

Pastoral Centres: 61 parishes, 5 missions

Personnel: 74 priests (69 diocesan, 5 religious), 91 religious (5 brothers, 86 sisters), 43 seminarians