Diocese of Ekiti
Ekitien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Ekiti, Nigeria
Latin Church diocese in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria, erected in 1972 and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Ibadan. The bishop is Felix Femi Ajakaye.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 11 December 1972
- Latin
- Ekitien(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Patrick
- Annuario code
- 001001350
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 218,466
- Population
- 2,143,956
- Catholic share
- 10.2%
- Priests
- 101
- Catholics per priest
- 2,163
- Extent
- 5,700 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 38
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
- Felix Femi Ajakaye
- Born
- 25 May 1962
- 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
Saint Patrick's Cathedral, Ado-Ekiti stands in Ekiti, 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 Ibadan
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Ibadan.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of IbadanIbadan
- Diocese of IlorinIlorin
- Diocese of OndoOndo
- Diocese of OsogboOsogbo
- Diocese of OyoOyo
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Ado-Ekiti, in Ekiti State, Nigeria, is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ekiti (Latin: Ekitien(sis)), which belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Ibadan.
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].