Continent: Western and Northern Africa
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese
Name: Jos / Iosen(sis) (Latin)
Suffragan Sees: Bauchi, Jalingo, Maiduguri, Pankshin, Shendam, Wukari, Yola
Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation
Metropolitan Archbishop (2020.01.06 – ...): | ![]() |
Metropolitan Archbishops of Jos (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Metropolitan Archbishop of Jos (Nigeria)
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Metropolitan Archbishop of Abuja (Nigeria)
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Archbishop Gabriel Gonsum Ganaka
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Bishops of Jos (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Bishop Gabriel Gonsum Ganaka (later Archbishop) (see above) | ||||||||||
Bishop John J. Reddington, S.M.A.
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Prefects Apostolic of Jos (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Fr. Guglielmo Lumley, S.M.A.
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Area: 6,769 km²
Population: 417,362 Catholics (22.0% of 1,897,830 total) (2021)
Statistics: 66 parishes, 109 priests (82 diocesan, 27 religious), 149 religious (80 brothers, 69 sisters), 60 seminarians (2021)
Last updated on 2023.09.24
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