Continent: Western and Northern Africa
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Diocese
Name: Yola / Yolaën(sis) (Latin)
Ecclesiastical Province: Jos
Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation
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Bishop (2011.02.18 – ...): | ![]() Second Vice-President of Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar |
Bishops of Yola (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Bishop of Yola (Nigeria)
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Bishop Christopher Shaman Abba
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Bishop Patrick Francis Sheehan, O.S.A.
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Bishop Patrick Joseph Dalton, O.S.A.
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Prefects Apostolic of Yola (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Fr. Patrick Joseph Dalton, O.S.A. (later Bishop) (see above) |
Area: 36,917 km²
Population: 203,000 Catholics (4.6% of 4,397,000 total)
Pastoral Centres: 100 parishes, 2 missions
Personnel: 63 priests (54 diocesan, 9 religious), 64 religious (37 brothers, 27 sisters), 70 seminarians
Last updated on 2023.11.28
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