Diocese of Maiduguri
Maidugurien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Maiduguri, Nigeria
The Diocese of Maiduguri is a Latin Catholic see in Borno State, northeastern Nigeria, erected in 1966. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Jos and has faced significant disruption from Boko Haram violence.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 7 June 1966
- Latin
- Maidugurien(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Patrick
- Annuario code
- 001002108
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 202,745
- Population
- 6,612,685
- Catholic share
- 3.1%
- Priests
- 60
- Catholics per priest
- 3,379
- Extent
- 132,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1.5
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
- Oliver Dashe Doeme
- Born
- 13 December 1960
- Birthplace
- Kwanoeng
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
Saint Patrick's Cathedral stands in Maiduguri, 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 Jos
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Jos.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of JosJos
- Diocese of BauchiBauchi
- Diocese of JalingoJalingo
- Diocese of PankshinPankshin
- Diocese of ShendamShendam
- Diocese of WukariWukari
- Diocese of YolaYola
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
A Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church, Maiduguri (Latin: Dioecesis Maiduguriensis) is seated in the city of that name within the ecclesiastical province of Jos in Nigeria.
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].