Diocese of Jalingo
Ialingoën(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Jalingo, Nigeria
The Diocese of Jalingo is a Latin Church diocese in Taraba State, Nigeria, carved from the Diocese of Yola on 3 February 1995 and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Jos. Its seat is the Cathedral of Our Lady Queen of Peace in Jalingo.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 3 February 1995
- Latin
- Ialingoën(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady Queen of Peace
- Annuario code
- 001001715
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 394,802
- Population
- 2,832,299
- Catholic share
- 13.9%
- Priests
- 98
- Catholics per priest
- 4,029
- Extent
- 61,368 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 6.4
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
- Charles M. Hammawa
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 Our Lady Queen of Peace stands in Jalingo, 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 Jos
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Jos.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of JosJos
- Diocese of BauchiBauchi
- Diocese of MaiduguriMaiduguri
- Diocese of PankshinPankshin
- Diocese of ShendamShendam
- Diocese of WukariWukari
- Diocese of YolaYola
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].