Diocese of Bauchi, Nigeria

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Bauchi / Bauchian(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Jos

Bishop (2017.05.31 – ...):

Bishop Hilary Nanman Dachelem, C.M.F. (56)

Bishops of Bauchi (Roman Rite)

Bishop Hilary Nanman Dachelem, C.M.F. (56)
(2017.05.31 – ...)

Bishop of Bauchi (Nigeria)

Bishop of Bauchi (Nigeria) (2017.05.31 – ...)

Bishop Malachy John Goltok
(2011.03.18 – 2015.03.21)

Bishop of Bauchi (Nigeria) (2011.03.18 – 2015.03.21)

Bishop John Francis Moore, S.M.A.
(2003.12.12 – 2010.01.20)

Titular Bishop of Gigthi (1996.07.05 – 2003.12.12)

Vicar Apostolic of Bauchi (Nigeria) (1996.07.05 – 2003.12.12)

Bishop of Bauchi (Nigeria) (2003.12.12 – 2010.01.20)

Vicars Apostolic of Bauchi (Roman Rite)

Bishop John Francis Moore, S.M.A.
(1996.07.05 – 2003.12.12)

(see above)

Area: 66,102 km²

Population: 95,580 Catholics (1.2% of 8,164,140 total) (2019)

Statistics: 28 parishes, 29 missions, 42 priests (32 diocesan, 10 religious), 24 lay religious (14 brothers, 10 sisters), 23 seminarians (2019)

1996.07.05: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Bauchi / Bauchian(us) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Jos)
2003.12.12: Promoted as Diocese of Bauchi / Bauchian(us) (Latin) (became suffragan of Jos)