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. JudeGaladimawaView parish
- St. KizitoMaririView parish
- St. MatthewAnchunaView parish
- St. MichaelKpunyaiView parish
- St. MonicaIkulu PariView parish
- St. MulumbaBundu KahuguView parish
- St. PaulMadakiyaView parish
- St. PaulGora SagwazaView parish
- St. PaulKagomaView parish
- St. PaulNokView parish
- St. PeterGidan WayaView parish
- St. PeterFadan KahuguView parish
- St. PhilipKwassamView parish
- St. RaphaelFadan KamantonView parish
- St. RaymondSabon Gari ChoriView parish
- St. StephenBayan LocoView parish
- St. StephenJagindiView parish
- St. ThomasTakauView parish
- St. ThomasMallagumView parish
- St. ThomasZaman DaboView 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)).