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Suffragan diocese Kontagora, Nigeria

Diocese of Kontagora

Kontagoran(us)

Latin Church

The Diocese of Kontagora is a Latin Church diocese in Niger State, Nigeria. It began as an apostolic prefecture in 1995, became an apostolic vicariate in 2002, and was raised to a diocese on 2 April 2020 under the Archdiocese of Kaduna. Bishop Bulus Dauwa Yohanna has led it since 2020.

On the map

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The address the register holds for St. Michael's Cathedral, in Kontagora, Nigeria.

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Established
2020
Catholics
62,788
Priests
36
Territory
46,000 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Bishop
Bulus Dauwa Yohanna
Born
15 December 1970
Birthplace
Vuroro

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The cathedral

St. Michael's Cathedral stands in Kontagora, 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

The Nigerian city of Kontagora holds the seat of a Roman Catholic diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Kongtagorana), a suffragan see within the Kaduna province.

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