Diocese of Kafanchan, Nigeria

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Kafanchan / Kafancan(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Kaduna

Bishop (2019.12.12 – ...):

Bishop Julius Yakubu Kundi (55)

Bishops of Kafanchan (Roman Rite)

Bishop Julius Yakubu Kundi (55)
(2019.12.12 – ...)

Bishop of Kafanchan (Nigeria)

Bishop of Kafanchan (Nigeria) (2019.12.12 – ...)

Bishop Joseph Danlami Bagobiri
(1995.07.10 – 2018.02.27)

Bishop of Kafanchan (Nigeria) (1995.07.10 – 2018.02.27)

Area: 14,860 km²

Population: 379,000 Catholics (20.6% of 1,839,900 total) (2020)

Statistics: 53 parishes, 2 missions, 100 priests (97 diocesan, 3 religious), 234 lay religious (200 brothers, 34 sisters), 241 seminarians (2020)

1995.07.10: Established as Diocese of Kafanchan / Kafancan(us) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Jos and Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kaduna and became suffragan of Kaduna)