Diocese of Abeokuta
Abeokutan(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Abeokuta, Nigeria
The Diocese of Abeokuta is a Latin Church diocese in Ogun State, Nigeria, erected in 1997 from the Archdiocese of Lagos, of which it is a suffragan. Its seat is the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 24 October 1997
- Latin
- Abeokutan(us)
- Patron
- Saints Peter and Paul
- Annuario code
- 001000586
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 54,000
- Population
- 1,983,000
- Catholic share
- 2.7%
- Priests
- 93
- Catholics per priest
- 581
- Extent
- 9,636 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 5.6
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Peter Kayode Odetoyinbo
- Born
- 28 January 1964
- Birthplace
- Ibadan
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul stands in Abeokuta, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Lagos
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Lagos.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of LagosLagos
- Diocese of Ijebu-OdeIjebu-Ode
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Seated in the city of Abeokuta, this Roman Catholic diocese (Latin: Abeokutan(us)) belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Lagos in Nigeria.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].