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: 410,466 Catholics (22.1% of 1,860,618 total) (2020)
Statistics: 60 parishes, 138 priests (109 diocesan, 29 religious), 114 lay religious (50 brothers, 64 sisters), 52 seminarians (2020)
Last updated on 2023.01.27
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