Diocese of Zaria, Nigeria 🇳🇬

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Zaria / Zarien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Kaduna

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2000.12.05: Established as Diocese of Zaria / Zarien(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kaduna and became suffragan of Kaduna)

Bishop (2023.09.21 – ...):

Bishop Habila Tyiakwonaboi Daboh (55)

Bishops of Zaria (Roman Rite)

Bishop Habila Tyiakwonaboi Daboh (55)
(2023.09.21 – ...)

Bishop of Zaria (Nigeria)

Priest of Kaduna (Nigeria) (1999.07.10 – 2023.09.21)

Bishop of Zaria (Nigeria) (2023.09.21 – ...)

Bishop George Jonathan Dodo
(2000.12.05 – 2022.07.08)

Priest of Kaduna (Nigeria) (1983.06.18 – 2000.12.05)

Bishop of Zaria (Nigeria) (2000.12.05 – 2022.07.08)

Kontagora (←), Sokoto (↖), Katsina (↑), Kano (↗), Kaduna (↓)

Area: 18,000 km²

Population: 53,000 Catholics (2.0% of 2,614,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 29 parishes

Personnel: 51 priests (49 diocesan, 2 religious), 4 religious (2 brothers, 2 sisters), 29 seminarians