Diocese of Jalingo, Nigeria

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Jalingo / Ialingoën(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Jos

Bishop (2008.04.16 – ...):

Bishop Charles Michael Hammawa (60)

Bishops of Jalingo (Roman Rite)

Bishop Charles Michael Hammawa (60)
(2008.04.16 – ...)

Bishop of Jalingo (Nigeria)

Bishop of Jalingo (Nigeria) (2008.04.16 – ...)

Bishop James Naanman Daman, O.S.A.
(Apostolic Administrator 2007.06.02 – 2008.04.16)

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)

Bishop Ignatius Ayau Kaigama (64) (later Archbishop)
(1995.02.03 – 2000.04.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Abuja (Nigeria)

Bishop of Jalingo (Nigeria) (1995.02.03 – 2000.04.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Jos (Nigeria) (2000.04.14 – 2019.03.11)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Abuja (Nigeria) (2019.03.11 – 2019.11.09)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Abuja (Nigeria) (2019.11.09 – ...)

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Area: 60,292 km²

Population: 558,197 Catholics (13.1% of 4,258,900 total) (2020)

Statistics: 69 parishes, 98 priests (90 diocesan, 8 religious), 38 lay religious (8 brothers, 30 sisters), 46 seminarians (2020)

1995.02.03: Established as Diocese of Jalingo / Ialingoën(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Yola and became suffragan of Jos)
2022.12.14: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Wukari