Metropolitan see Lagos, Nigeria
Archdiocese of Lagos
Lagosen(sis)
Latin Church
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.
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- Established
- 1943
- Catholics
- 3,365,461
- Priests
- 498
- Territory
- 3,355 km²
Parishes and churches
254 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- St. Monica Catholic Church, MazamazaMazamazaView parish
- St. Patrick Catholic Church, AlabaAlabaView parish
- St. Patrick Catholic Church, IdumagboIdumagboView parish
- St. Patrick Catholic Church, IgbogilaIgbogilaView parish
- St. Patrick Catholic Church, KudeyibuKudeyibuView parish
- St. Patrick Catholic Church, Owode IbesheOwode IbesheView parish
- St. Paul Catholic Church, Ebute-MettaEbute-MettaView parish
- St. Paul Catholic Church, IjeododoIjeododoView parish
- St. Paul Catholic Church, MutiMutiView parish
- St. Peter Catholic Church, Ado-LangbasaAdo-LangbasaView parish
- St. Peter Catholic Church, AgbowaAgbowaView parish
- St. Peter Catholic Church, EjigboEjigboView parish
- St. Peter Catholic Church, OdoragushinOdoragushinView parish
- St. Peter Catholic Church, OlumoOlumoView parish
- St. Peter Claver Catholic Church, Ajao EstateAjao EstateView parish
- St. Peter Police Chaplaincy, ObalendeObalendeView parish
- St. Pio Catholic Church, AyetejuAyetejuView parish
- St. Pio Catholic Church, Doyin-OrileDoyin-OrileView parish
- St. Pius Catholic Church, AyoboAyoboView parish
- St. Raphael Catholic Church, Ajegunle-IloAjegunle-IloView parish
- St. Raphael the Archangel Catholic Church, Anthony VillageAnthony VillageView parish
- St. Rita Catholic Church, AkesanAkesanView parish
- St. Rita Catholic Church, Oko-ObaOko-ObaView parish
- St. Robert Military Chaplaincy, YabaYabaView parish
- St. Sabina Catholic Church, IdimangoroIdimangoroView parish
- St. Stephen Catholic Church, Agboju-Am uwoAgboju-Am uwoView parish
- St. Stephen Catholic Church, IwayaIwayaView parish
- St. Stephen Catholic Church, Pacific EstatePacific EstateView parish
- St. Stephen Catholic Church, WhitesandWhitesandView parish
- St. Theresa Catholic Church, EpeEpeView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Alfred Adewale Martins
- Born
- 1 June 1959
- Birthplace
- Abeokuta
Explore the ministry of 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.
This see in the wire
Filed by the see itself
Published on the see's own news feed. A diocese reports on the whole Church, so these are often about somewhere else.
- Monday, September 7, 2026
- Friday September 4, 2026
- Archdiocese of Lagos publishes Wednesday September 2, 2026 reading
- Archbishop Martins supports Knights of St. Mulumba N2bn Endowment Fund
- Archdiocese of Lagos publishes Monday, August 31, 2026 reading
16 stories in the wire either name this see or come from its own feed. Read the wire.