Diocese of Katsina-Ala
Katsinen(sis)-Alen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Katsina-Ala, Nigeria
The Diocese of Katsina-Ala is a Latin Rite diocese in Benue State, Nigeria, erected on 29 December 2012 from the Diocese of Makurdi. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Abuja, and its bishop since 2022 is Isaac Bunde Dugu.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 29 December 2012
- Latin
- Katsinen(sis)-Alen(sis)
- Patron
- St. Gerard Majella
- Annuario code
- 001001820
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 338,497
- Population
- 676,000
- Catholic share
- 50.1%
- Priests
- 32
- Catholics per priest
- 10,578
- Extent
- 6,465 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 52
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
- Isaac Bunde Dugu
- Born
- 14 April 1971
- Birthplace
- Gboko
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 St. Gerard Majella stands in Katsina-Ala, 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 Abuja
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Abuja.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of AbujaAbuja
- Diocese of GbokoGboko
- Diocese of IdahIdah
- Diocese of LafiaLafia
- Diocese of LokojaLokoja
- Diocese of MakurdiMakurdi
- Diocese of OtukpoOtukpo
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The Nigerian city of Katsina-Ala, within the ecclesiastical province of Abuja, is home to a Roman Catholic diocese bearing its name (Latin: Katsinen(sis)-Alen(sis)). The church of St. Gerald of Majella in Katsina-Ala serves as its cathedral.
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].