Diocese of Pankshin
Pankshinen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Pankshin, Nigeria
The Diocese of Pankshin is a Latin Church suffragan diocese in Plateau State, Nigeria, in the ecclesiastical province of Jos. It was established in 2014 from territory of the Archdiocese of Jos and the Diocese of Shendam.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 18 March 2014
- Latin
- Pankshinen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001002534
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 168,606
- Population
- 1,100,000
- Catholic share
- 15.3%
- Extent
- 8,486 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 20
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
- Michael Gobal Gokum
- Born
- 18 February 1964
- Birthplace
- Kadyis
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 stands in Pankshin, 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 MaiduguriMaiduguri
- Diocese of ShendamShendam
- Diocese of WukariWukari
- Diocese of YolaYola
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The Nigerian city of Pankshin is the seat of this Roman Catholic diocese (Latin: Pankshinen(sis)), which lies within the ecclesiastical province of Jos.
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].