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Suffragan diocese Kafanchan, Nigeria

Diocese of Kafanchan

Kafancan(us)

The Diocese of Kafanchan is a Latin Catholic diocese in Kaduna State, Nigeria, established in 1995. A suffragan of Kaduna, it is led by Bishop Julius Yakubu Kundi and its cathedral is dedicated to St. Peter Claver.

On the map

Esri
Kafanchan, Nigeria, drawn to the town rather than to the door: the register holds no verified address for its cathedral.

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Established
1995
Catholics
250,000
Priests
100
Territory
11,340 km²

Parishes and churches

50 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.

The bishop

Bishop
Julius Yakubu Kundi
Born
15 February 1968
Birthplace
Danladi

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The cathedral

St. Peter Claver's Cathedral, Kafanchan stands in Kafanchan, 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

Within Nigeria's ecclesiastical province of Kaduna, the city of Kafanchan is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kafanchan (Latin: Kafancan(us)).