Diocese of Annunciation of Ibadan
Annuntiationis Maronitarum
Eparchy immediately subject to the Holy See · Maronite Church · Ibadan, Nigeria
The Maronite Catholic Eparchy of the Annunciation, seated in Ibadan, Nigeria, is an eparchy of the Maronite Church immediately subject to the Holy See. It was erected on 28 February 2018 from the earlier Apostolic Exarchate, and serves Maronite faithful across West and Central Africa.
The see
- Rank
- Eparchy immediately subject to the Holy See
- Tradition
- Maronite Church
- Erected
- 2018
- Latin
- Annuntiationis Maronitarum
- Patron
- Our Lady of the Annunciation
- Annuario code
- 001000310
The bishop
- Eparch
- Simon Faddoul
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 of the Annunciation Cathedral, Ibadan stands in Ibadan, 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.
History
Serving Maronite faithful across a wide span of West and Central Africa, the Eparchy of the Annunciation answers immediately to the Holy See. Its territory takes in Nigeria, Benin, Togo, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Senegal and Angola. The present ordinary is Eparch Simon Faddoul.
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 · GCatholic
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].