Diocese of Gboko
Gboken(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Gboko, Nigeria
Latin Church diocese in Gboko, Benue State, Nigeria, established on 29 December 2012 from the Diocese of Makurdi. It is a suffragan within the ecclesiastical province of Abuja, led by Bishop William Amove Avenya since its erection.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 29 December 2012
- Latin
- Gboken(sis)
- Patron
- Saint John the Baptist
- Annuario code
- 001001477
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 896,860
- Population
- 169,000
- Priests
- 80
- Catholics per priest
- 11,211
- Extent
- 10,692 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 84
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
- William Avenya
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 Saint John the Baptist stands in Gboko, 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
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Abuja.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of AbujaAbuja
- 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.
History
The city of Gboko in Benue State is home to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Gboko (Latin: Gbokensis(us)), which belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Abuja 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].