Suffragan diocese Oyo, Nigeria
Diocese of Oyo
Oyoën(sis)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Oyo is a Latin Church suffragan diocese in Oyo State, Nigeria, in the ecclesiastical province of Ibadan. It was erected as an apostolic prefecture in 1949 and promoted to a diocese in 1963.
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- Established
- 1963
- Catholics
- 36,542
- Priests
- 47
- Territory
- 18,000 km²
Parishes and churches
31 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
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The bishop
- Bishop
- Emmanuel Adetoyese Badejo
- Born
- 13 July 1961
- Birthplace
- Funtua
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The cathedral
Our Lady of the Assumption Cathedral stands in Oyo, 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 suffragan see within Nigeria's ecclesiastical province of Ibadan, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Oyo (Latin: Oyoën(sis)) remains dependent on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.
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