Suffragan diocese Kafanchan, Nigeria
Diocese of Kafanchan
Kafancan(us)
Latin Church
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
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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.
- St. Peter Claver CathedralKafanchan · CathedralView parish
- Christ The KingTown not recordedView parish
- Christ The KingFaiView parish
- Church of Mary ImmaculateGarajeView parish
- Church Of The ResurrectionDamakasuwaView parish
- Holy CrossUngwa BawaView parish
- Holy FamilyGidan BakoView parish
- Holy SpiritKwoiView parish
- Maria AssumptaMabushiView parish
- Our Lady Queen of PeaceZango KatafView parish
- St. Albert De GreatKscoe G/ Waya Chapl.View parish
- St. AndrewSaminakaView parish
- St. AnthonyKakuView parish
- St. AnthonyFadan KonoView parish
- St. AugustineGureView parish
- St. BrendanAnturungView parish
- St. CatherineZuturung MagoView parish
- St. Charles LwangaFadan KarshiView parish
- St. ChristopherYarkasuwaView parish
- St. FrancisZonkwaView parish
- St. FrancisKurmin KwaraView parish
- St. FrancisManchokView parish
- St. GregoryWadonView parish
- St. JamesJuraView parish
- St. JamesForiView parish
- St. JohnAttatView parish
- St. JohnKroshaView parish
- St. John VianeyAssoView parish
- St. JosephKurmin BiView parish
- St. JosephKagoroView parish
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
Explore the ministry of the bishop.
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)).