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Diocese of

Minna

Nigeria Nigeria

Continent: Western and Northern Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese

Ecclesiastical Province: Kaduna

Website: Link

History

  • 1964.11.09: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Minna / Minnaën(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kaduna)
  • 1973.09.17: Promoted as Diocese of Minna / Minnaën(sis) (Latin)
  • 1981.11.06: Lost territory to establish Mission “sui iuris” of Abuja
  • 1995.12.15: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Kontagora

Special Churches

Present Prelates

Bishop (1996.07.05 – ...):Bishop Martin Igwemezie Uzoukwu (62)Bishop Martin Igwemezie Uzoukwu (62)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Minna (Roman Rite)

Bishop Martin Igwemezie Uzoukwu (62)Bishop Martin Igwemezie Uzoukwu (62)
(1996.07.05 – ...)

Born:1950.09.09 (Nigeria)
Ordained Priest:1981.09.27
Consecrated Bishop:1996.11.30

Bishop of Minna (Nigeria) (1996.07.05 – ...)

Bishop Christopher Shaman Abba
(1973.09.17 – 1996.07.05)

Born:1935.12.20 (Nigeria)
Ordained Priest:1966.12.16
Consecrated Bishop:1973.12.30
Died:2010.01.10 († 74)

Bishop of Minna (Nigeria) (1973.09.17 – 1996.07.05)

Bishop of Yola (Nigeria) (1996.07.05 – 2010.01.10)

Prefects Apostolic of Minna (Roman Rite)

Fr. Edmund Joseph Fitzgibbon, S.P.S. (later Bishop)
(1964.11.25 – 1973.09.17)

Born:1925.03.01 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:1950.04.09
Consecrated Bishop:1976.01.06
Died:2010.04.17 († 85)

Prefect Apostolic of Minna (Nigeria) (1964.11.25 – 1973.09.17)

Apostolic Administrator of Port Hartcourt (Nigeria) (1973 – 1991.08.31)

Titular Bishop of Fordongianus (1975.11.20 – 1991.08.31)

Apostolic Administrator of Warri (Nigeria) (1983 – 1991.08.31)

Bishop of Warri (Nigeria) (1991.08.31 – 1997.03.03)

as of 2013.05.03

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