Maronite Diocese of

Annunciation of Ibadan

Nigeria , Angola , Benin , Burkina Faso , Cameroon , Central African Republic , Chad , Congo-Brazzaville , Congo-Kinshasa , Cote d’Ivoire , Equatorial Guinea , Gabon , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Guinea-Bissau , Liberia , Mali , Mauritania , Niger , Senegal , Sierra Leone , Togo

Continent: Western and Northern Africa

Rite: Maronite (Antiochian)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Annunciation of Ibadan (English) / Verkündigung des Herrn (Deutsch) / Annonciation d’Ibadan (français) / Annunciazione in Ibadan (Italiano) / Zwiastowania Najświętszej Maryi Panny (polski) / Annuntiationis Maronitarum (Latin)

Immediately Subject to the Patriarch

Depends on: Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

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History

2014.01.13: Established as Apostolic Exarchate of Western and Central Africa (English) / Africa Occidentale e Centrale (Italiano) / Afrique de l’Ouest et Afrique centrale (français) / Africa Occidentali et Centrali (Latin)
2018.02.28: Promoted as Diocese of Annunciation of Ibadan (English) / Verkündigung des Herrn (Deutsch) / Annonciation d’Ibadan (français) / Annunciazione in Ibadan (Italiano) / Zwiastowania Najświętszej Maryi Panny (polski) / Annuntiationis Maronitarum (Latin) (without ecclesiastical province)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2018.02.28 – ...):

Bishop Simon T. Faddoul (65)

Apostolic Visitator in Southern Africa of the Maronites

Ordinaries

Bishops of Annunciation of Ibadan (Maronite Rite)

Bishop Simon T. Faddoul (65)
(2018.02.28 – ...)

Bishop of Annunciation of Ibadan of the Maronites (Nigeria)
Apostolic Visitator in Southern Africa of the Maronites

Born:	1958.01.07 (Dik El Mehdi, Lebanon)
Ordained Priest:	1987.08.09
Consecrated Bishop:	2018.04.07

Priest of Antélias of the Maronites (Lebanon) (1987.08.09 – 2018.02.28)

Apostolic Exarch of Western and Central Africa of the Maronites (Nigeria) (2014.01.13 – 2018.02.28)

Apostolic Visitator in Southern Africa of the Maronites (2014.01.13 – ...)

Bishop of Annunciation of Ibadan of the Maronites (Nigeria) (2018.02.28 – ...)

Apostolic Exarchs of Western and Central Africa (Maronite Rite)

Fr. Simon T. Faddoul (65) (later Bishop)
(2014.01.13 – 2018.02.28)

(see above)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Church of Our Lady of the Annunciation, Ibadan, Oyo, Nigeria

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Population: 80,000 Catholics

Pastoral Centres: 12 parishes

Personnel: 13 priests (10 diocesan, 3 religious), 5 religious (3 brothers, 2 sisters), 5 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2023.11.30

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