Diocese of

Shendam

Nigeria Nigeria

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Continent: Western and Northern Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Shendam / Shendamen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Jos

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

Present Prelates

Bishop (2016.11.05 – ...):Bishop Philip Davou Dung (65)Bishop Philip Davou Dung (65)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Shendam (Roman Rite)

Bishop Philip Davou Dung (65)Bishop Philip Davou Dung (65)
(2016.11.05 – ...)

Bishop of Shendam (Nigeria)

Christus spes nostra

Born:1958.08.19 (Kuru Station, Nigeria)
Ordained Priest:1984.11.24
Consecrated Bishop:2017.01.11

Priest of Jos (Nigeria) (1984.11.24 – 2016.11.05)

Bishop of Shendam (Nigeria) (2016.11.05 – ...)

Bishop James Naanman Daman, O.S.A.
(2007.06.02 – 2015.01.12)

Born:1956.04.10 (Nigeria)
Ordained Priest:1982.02.14
Consecrated Bishop:2001.02.24
Died:2015.01.12 († 58)

Bishop of Jalingo (Nigeria) (2000.12.05 – 2007.06.02)

Apostolic Administrator of Jalingo (Nigeria) (2007.06.02 – 2008.04.16)

Bishop of Shendam (Nigeria) (2007.06.02 – 2015.01.12)

Special Churches

Makurdi (↙), Lafia (←), Pankshin (↑), Jalingo (→), Wukari (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 11,644 km²

Population: 228,341 Catholics (13.4% of 1,708,923 total)

Pastoral Centres: 39 parishes, 3 missions

Personnel: 63 priests (62 diocesan, 1 religious), 20 religious (1 brother, 19 sisters), 39 seminarians

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Pastoral Centres

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Seminarians

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