Metropolitan Archdiocese of

Ibadan

Nigeria

Continent: Western and Northern Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Ibadan / Ibadanen(sis) (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Ekiti, Ilorin, Ondo, Osogbo, Oyo

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Websites:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Patrick

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1952.03.13: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Ibadan / Ibadanen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lagos)
1958.04.28: Promoted as Diocese of Ibadan / Ibadanen(sis) (Latin)
1994.03.26: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ibadan / Ibadanen(sis) (Latin) (with suffragan sees Ekiti, Ondo and Oyo)
1995.03.03: Gained suffragan see Osogbo
2009: Gained suffragan see Ilorin

Papal Visits

Pope John Paul II (1982.02)

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2013.10.29 – ...):

Archbishop Gabriel ’Leke Abegunrin (74)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Ibadan (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Gabriel ’Leke Abegunrin (74)
(2013.10.29 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ibadan (Nigeria)

Caritas vincit omnia

Born:	1949.09.29 (Iwere-Ile, Nigeria)
Ordained Priest:	1979.04.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1995.05.13

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 – ...)

Archbishop Felix Alaba Adeosin Job (85)
(1994.03.26 – 2013.10.29)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Ibadan (Nigeria)

Born:	1938.06.24 (Esure, Nigeria)
Ordained Priest:	1966.12.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1971.07.04

Priest of Ibadan (Nigeria) (1966.12.24 – 1971.03.11)

Titular Bishop of Abthugni (1971.03.11 – 1974.10.05)

Auxiliary Bishop of Ibadan (Nigeria) (1971.03.11 – 1974.10.05)

Bishop of Ibadan (Nigeria) (1974.10.05 – 1994.03.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ibadan (Nigeria) (1994.03.26 – 2013.10.29)

President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (2006 – 2012.04)

Bishops of Ibadan (Roman Rite)

Bishop Felix Alaba Adeosin Job (85) (later Archbishop)
(1974.10.05 – 1994.03.26)

(see above)

Bishop Richard Finn, S.M.A.
(1958.04.28 – 1974.07.03)

Born:	1912.03.03
Ordained Priest:	1941.12.14
Consecrated Bishop:	1959.02.08
Died:	1989.01.04 († 76)

Prefect Apostolic of Ibadan (Nigeria) (1953.03.13 – 1958.04.28)

Bishop of Ibadan (Nigeria) (1958.04.28 – 1974.07.03)

Prefects Apostolic of Ibadan (Roman Rite)

Fr. Richard Finn, S.M.A. (later Bishop)
(1953.03.13 – 1958.04.28)

(see above)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Felix Alaba Adeosin Job (85) (later Archbishop) (1971.03.11 – 1974.10.05)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of St. Mary, Ibadan, Oyo

Abeokuta (↙), Oyo (↑), Osogbo (↗), Ijebu-Ode (↓)

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 28,000 km²

Population: 390,000 Catholics (5.9% of 6,559,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 54 parishes, 4 missions

Personnel: 119 priests (82 diocesan, 37 religious), 547 religious (497 brothers, 50 sisters), 41 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2024.05.12

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