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Suffragan diocese Maiduguri, Nigeria

Diocese of Maiduguri

Maidugurien(sis)

Latin Church

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.

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Esri
The address the register holds for Saint Patrick's Cathedral, in Maiduguri, Nigeria.

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Established
1966
Catholics
202,745
Priests
60
Territory
132,000 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Bishop
Oliver Dashe Doeme
Born
13 December 1960
Birthplace
Kwanoeng

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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.

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.

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