Continent: Western and Northern Africa
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese
Name: Abuja / Abugen(sis) (Latin)
Suffragan Sees: Gboko, Idah, Katsina-Ala, Lafia, Lokoja, Makurdi, Otukpo
Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation
Metropolitan Archbishop (2019.11.09 – ...): | ![]() |
Auxiliary Bishop (2011.11.08 – ...): | ![]() Titular Bishop of Scampa |
Metropolitan Archbishops of Abuja (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||||
Metropolitan Archbishop of Abuja (Nigeria)
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Cardinal-Priest of S. Saturnino
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Bishops of Abuja (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||||
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Cardinal Dominic Ignatius Ekandem
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Ecclesiastical Superiors of Abuja (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||||
Cardinal Dominic Ignatius Ekandem (see above) |
Area: 8,000 km²
Population: 906,629 Catholics (21.2% of 4,277,892 total) (2020)
Statistics: 128 parishes, 27 missions, 318 priests (221 diocesan, 97 religious), 593 lay religious (213 brothers, 380 sisters), 132 seminarians (2020)
Last updated on 2023.01.27
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