Continent: Western and Northern Africa
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Diocese
Name: Yola / Yolaën(sis) (Latin)
Ecclesiastical Province: Jos
Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation
Bishop (2011.02.18 – ...): | ![]() |
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: 196,992 Catholics (4.6% of 4,258,452 total) (2020)
Statistics: 39 parishes, 2 missions, 75 priests (66 diocesan, 9 religious), 34 lay religious (9 brothers, 25 sisters), 40 seminarians (2020)
Last updated on 2023.01.27
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