Metropolitan Archdiocese of

Jos

Nigeria

Continent: Western and Northern Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese

Area: 6,769 km²

Population: 374,299 Catholics (22.1% of 1,691,250 total) (2015)

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

Depends on: Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples

Statistics: 45 parishes, 5 missions, 87 priests (68 diocesan, 19 religious), 135 lay religious (81 brothers, 54 sisters), 61 seminarians (2015)

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History

1934.04.09: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Jos / Iosen(sis) (Latin) (from Apostolic Prefecture of Northern Nigeria)
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)
1994.03.26: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Jos / Iosen(sis) (Latin)
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
2007.06.02: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Shendam
2014.03.18: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Pankshin

Special Churches

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

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2000.04.14 – ...):

Archbishop Ignatius Ayau Kaigama (60)

President of Regional Episcopal Conference of West Africa

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Jos (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Ignatius Ayau Kaigama (60)
(2000.04.14 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Jos (Nigeria)
President of Regional Episcopal Conference of West Africa

Per crucem ad Dei gloriam

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

Bishop of Jalingo (Nigeria) (1995.02.03 – 2000.04.14)

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

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

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

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)

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Former Prelates

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

as of 2018.11.07

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