Diocese of Oyo, Nigeria

Continent: Western and Northern Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Oyo / Oyoën(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Ibadan

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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Celebrations

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History

1949.03.03: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Oyo / Oyoën(sis) (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Lagos)
1963.01.18: Promoted as Diocese of Oyo / Oyoën(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Lagos)
1994.03.26: Became suffragan of Ibadan
1995.03.03: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Osogbo

Present Prelates

Bishop (2009.11.04 – ...):

Bishop Emmanuel Adetoyese Badejo (63)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Oyo (Roman Rite)

Bishop Emmanuel Adetoyese Badejo (63)
(2009.11.04 – ...)

Bishop of Oyo (Nigeria)

Ti olorun ni gbogbo ogo / To God be all glory

Born:	1961.07.13 (Funtua, Nigeria)
Ordained Priest:	1986.01.04
Consecrated Bishop:	2007.10.20

Priest of Oyo (Nigeria) (1986.01.04 – 1995.03.03)

Priest of Osogbo (Nigeria) (1995.03.03 – 2007.08.14)

Coadjutor Bishop of Oyo (Nigeria) (2007.08.14 – 2009.11.04)

Bishop of Oyo (Nigeria) (2009.11.04 – ...)

Bishop Julius Babatunde Adelakun (90)
(1973.04.13 – 2009.11.04)

Bishop emeritus of Oyo (Nigeria)

Born:	1934.11 (Oniganbari, Nigeria)
Ordained Priest:	1965.06.27
Consecrated Bishop:	1973.02.11

Priest of Oyo (Nigeria) (1965.06.27 – 1972.11.16)

Titular Bishop of Thunigaba (1972.11.16 – 1973.04.13)

Auxiliary Bishop of Oyo (Nigeria) (1972.11.16 – 1973.04.13)

Bishop of Oyo (Nigeria) (1973.04.13 – 2009.11.04)

Bishop Owen McCoy, M. Afr.
(1963.01.18 – 1973.04.13)

Born:	1907.09.27 (England)
Ordained Priest:	1933.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1963.04.28
Died:	1988.06.28 († 80)

Prefect Apostolic of Oyo (Nigeria) (1949.04.01 – 1963.01.18)

Bishop of Oyo (Nigeria) (1963.01.18 – 1973.04.13)

Prefects Apostolic of Oyo (Roman Rite)

Fr. Owen McCoy, M. Afr. (later Bishop)
(1949.04.01 – 1963.01.18)

(see above)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Emmanuel Adetoyese Badejo (63) (2007.08.14 – 2009.11.04)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Julius Babatunde Adelakun (90) (1972.11.16 – 1973.04.13)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Our Lady of the Assumption Cathedral, Oyo, Oyo

Abeokuta (↙), Dassa-Zoumé (←), Ilorin (↗), Osogbo (→), Ibadan (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 18,000 km²

Population: 42,735 Catholics (1.1% of 3,767,575 total)

Pastoral Centres: 43 parishes

Personnel: 57 priests (53 diocesan, 4 religious), 41 religious (4 brothers, 37 sisters), 27 seminarians