Diocese of Lafia
Lafien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Lafia, Nigeria
The Diocese of Lafia is a Latin rite see in Nasarawa State, Nigeria, established on 5 December 2000 from the Archdiocese of Jos and the Diocese of Makurdi, and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Abuja. It is led by Bishop David Ajang.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 5 December 2000
- Latin
- Lafien(sis)
- Patron
- Saint William
- Annuario code
- 001001934
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 189,686
- Population
- 1,867,241
- Catholic share
- 10.2%
- Priests
- 90
- Catholics per priest
- 2,108
- Extent
- 28,500 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 6.7
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
- David Ajang
- Born
- 31 March 1970
- Birthplace
- Zaria
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
St. William's Cathedral, Lafia stands in Lafia, 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 Katsina-AlaKatsina-Ala
- Diocese of LokojaLokoja
- Diocese of MakurdiMakurdi
- Diocese of OtukpoOtukpo
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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].