Metropolitan Archdiocese of

Jos

Nigeria

Continent: Western and Northern Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Jos / Iosen(sis) (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Bauchi, Jalingo, Maiduguri, Pankshin, Shendam, Wukari, Yola

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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Celebrations

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History

1934.04.09: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Jos / de Jos (Latin) (from Apostolic Prefecture of Northern Nigeria)
1942.04.28: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Niamey
1950.07.14: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Yola
1953.06.29: Promoted as Diocese of Jos / Iosen(sis) (Latin) (lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Maiduguri and became suffragan of Lagos)
1959.07.16: Became suffragan of Kaduna
1994.03.26: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Jos / Iosen(sis) (Latin) (with suffragan sees Maiduguri and Yola)
1995.02.03: Gained suffragan see Jalingo
1995.07.10: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Kafanchan
1996.07.05: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Bauchi
2000.12.05: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Lafia
2003.12.12: Gained suffragan see Bauchi
2007.06.02: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Shendam and gained suffragan see Shendam
2014.03.18: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Pankshin and gained suffragan see Pankshin
2022.12.14: Gained suffragan see Wukari

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2020.01.06 – ...):

Archbishop Matthew Ishaya Audu (64)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Jos (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Matthew Ishaya Audu (64)
(2020.01.06 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Jos (Nigeria)

Born:	1959.06.07 (Rafin-Pa, Nigeria)
Ordained Priest:	1984.06.23
Consecrated Bishop:	2001.03.31

Priest of Makurdi (Nigeria) (1984.06.23 – 2000.12.05)

Bishop of Lafia (Nigeria) (2000.12.05 – 2020.01.06)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Jos (Nigeria) (2020.01.06 – ...)

Archbishop Ignatius Ayau Kaigama (65)
(2000.04.14 – 2019.03.11)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Abuja (Nigeria)

Per crucem ad Dei gloriam

Born:	1958.07.31 (Kona, Nigeria)
Ordained Priest:	1981.06.06
Consecrated Bishop:	1996.04.23

Priest of Yola (Nigeria) (1981.06.06 – 1995.02.03)

Bishop of Jalingo (Nigeria) (1995.02.03 – 2000.04.14)

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

President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (2012.04 – 2018.02.22)

President of Regional Episcopal Conference of West Africa (2016.02 – 2022.05.06)

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

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

Archbishop Gabriel Gonsum Ganaka
(1994.03.26 – 1999.11.11)

Nisi Dominus frustra

Born:	1937.05.24 (Nigeria)
Ordained Priest:	1965.07.04
Consecrated Bishop:	1973.09.09
Died:	1999.11.11 († 62)

Titular Bishop of Cuicul (1973.05.17 – 1974.10.05)

Auxiliary Bishop of Jos (Nigeria) (1973.05.17 – 1974.10.05)

Bishop of Jos (Nigeria) (1974.10.05 – 1994.03.26)

President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (1985 – 1988)

President of Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (1987 – 1990)

President of Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (1994 – 1997)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Jos (Nigeria) (1994.03.26 – 1999.11.11)

Bishops of Jos (Roman Rite)

Bishop Gabriel Gonsum Ganaka (later Archbishop)
(1974.10.05 – 1994.03.26)

(see above)

Bishop John J. Reddington, S.M.A.
(1954.04.10 – 1974.07.03)

Born:	1910.06.26 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1934.06.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1954.06.29
Died:	1994.10.03 († 84)

Bishop of Jos (Nigeria) (1954.04.10 – 1974.07.03)

Prefects Apostolic of Jos (Roman Rite)

Fr. Guglielmo Lumley, S.M.A.
(1934.06.22 – 1953)

Died:

1953

Prefect Apostolic of Jos (Nigeria) (1934.06.22 – 1953)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Gabriel Gonsum Ganaka (later Archbishop) (1973.05.17 – 1974.10.05)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of Our Lady of Fatima, Jos, Plateau

Kafanchan (←), Kaduna (↖), Bauchi (↗), Yola (→), Jalingo (→), Pankshin (↘), Lafia (↓)

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 6,769 km²

Population: 417,362 Catholics (22.0% of 1,897,830 total)

Pastoral Centres: 66 parishes

Personnel: 109 priests (82 diocesan, 27 religious), 149 religious (80 brothers, 69 sisters), 60 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2024.04.28

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