Archdiocese of Kaduna
Kadunaën(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Kaduna, Nigeria
The Archdiocese of Kaduna is a metropolitan Latin Catholic see in northern Nigeria, established as a diocese in 1953 and elevated to an archdiocese in 1959. Its archbishop is Matthew Man-Oso Ndagoso, who also serves as president of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Nigeria.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 16 July 1959
- Latin
- Kadunaën(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001774
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 545,380
- Population
- 5,916,000
- Catholic share
- 9.2%
- Priests
- 88
- Catholics per priest
- 6,198
- Extent
- 17,094 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 32
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
- Matthew Man-Oso Ndagoso
- Born
- 3 January 1960
- Birthplace
- Lot
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
St. Joseph's Cathedral, Kaduna stands in Kaduna, 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 Kaduna
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of KafanchanKafanchan
- Diocese of KanoKano
- Diocese of KatsinaKatsina
- Diocese of KontagoraKontagora
- Diocese of MinnaMinna
- Diocese of SokotoSokoto
- Diocese of ZariaZaria
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
As the Metropolitan See of its own ecclesiastical province in Nigeria, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kaduna (Kadunaën(sis) in Latin) heads the province of Kaduna.
How to reach it
- Chancery
- Archbishop’s House, 71 Tafawa Balewa Way, Kaduna, Nigeria
- Telephone
- [0802]35.70.826
- [email protected]
This see keeps no website of its own, so its chancery is published here: withholding it would protect nothing and leave a reader with nowhere to go. Where a see publishes its own site, the register sends you there instead.
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 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
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].