Archdiocese of Abuja
Abugen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Abuja, Nigeria
The Archdiocese of Abuja is a Latin Church metropolitan archdiocese covering Nigeria's federal capital territory, erected as a diocese in 1989 and elevated to an archdiocese in 1994. Its seat is Our Lady Queen of Nigeria Pro-Cathedral.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 26 March 1994
- Latin
- Abugen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001000590
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 538,000
- Population
- 2,991,000
- Catholic share
- 18.0%
- Priests
- 348
- Catholics per priest
- 1,546
- Extent
- 8,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 67
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
- Archbishop
- Ignatius Ayau Kaigama
- Born
- 31 July 1958
- Birthplace
- Kona
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
Our Lady Queen of Nigeria Pro-Cathedral stands in Abuja, 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 Abuja
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of GbokoGboko
- Diocese of IdahIdah
- Diocese of Katsina-AlaKatsina-Ala
- Diocese of LafiaLafia
- Diocese of LokojaLokoja
- Diocese of MakurdiMakurdi
- Diocese of OtukpoOtukpo
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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].