Diocese of Lafia, Nigeria

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Lafia / Lafien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Abuja

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2000.12.05: Established as Diocese of Lafia / Lafien(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Jos and Diocese of Makurdi and became suffragan of Abuja)

Bishop (2021.03.31 – ...):

Bishop David Ajang (53)

Bishops of Lafia (Roman Rite)

Bishop David Ajang (53)
(2021.03.31 – ...)

Bishop of Lafia (Nigeria)

Priest of Jos (Nigeria) (1994.12.03 – 2021.03.31)

Bishop of Lafia (Nigeria) (2021.03.31 – ...)

Bishop Matthew Ishaya Audu (64) (later Archbishop)
(2000.12.05 – 2020.01.06)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Jos (Nigeria)

Priest of Makurdi (Nigeria) (1984.06.23 – 2000.12.05)

Bishop of Lafia (Nigeria) (2000.12.05 – 2020.01.06)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Jos (Nigeria) (2020.01.06 – ...)

Area: 28,500 km²

Population: 311,066 Catholics (11.0% of 2,826,048 total)

Pastoral Centres: 18 parishes, 40 missions

Personnel: 87 priests (69 diocesan, 18 religious), 96 religious (18 brothers, 78 sisters), 46 seminarians