Archdiocese of Lagos
Lagosen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Lagos, Nigeria
The Archdiocese of Lagos is a Latin rite metropolitan see in Lagos State, Nigeria, raised to archdiocese on 18 April 1950, with suffragan dioceses of Abeokuta and Ijebu-Ode. Archbishop Alfred Adewale Martins has led it since 2012.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 18 April 1950
- Latin
- Lagosen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001937
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 3,365,461
- Priests
- 498
- Catholics per priest
- 6,758
- Extent
- 3,355 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1,003
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
- Archbishop
- Alfred Adewale Martins
- Born
- 1 June 1959
- Birthplace
- Abeokuta
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 the Holy Cross, Lagos stands in Lagos, 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 Lagos
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of AbeokutaAbeokuta
- Diocese of Ijebu-OdeIjebu-Ode
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].