Suffragan diocese Shendam, Nigeria
Diocese of Shendam
Shendamen(sis)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Shendam is a Latin Church diocese in Plateau State, Nigeria, erected in 2007. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Jos and has been led by Bishop Philip Davou Dung since 2016.
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- Established
- 2007
- Catholics
- 149,051
- Priests
- 47
- Territory
- 132,000 km²
Parishes and churches
28 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Sacred Heart CathedralShendam · CathedralView parish
- Dokan Kasuwa Pastoral AreaDokan KasuwaView parish
- Dokan Tofa Pastoral AreaDokan TofaView parish
- Immaculate Heart Parish, NBuanNBuanView parish
- St. Andrew’s Parish, PiapungPiapungView parish
- St. Augustine’s Parish, LangtangLangtangView parish
- St. Augustine’s Pastoral Area, KalongKalongView parish
- St. Augustine’s Pastoral Area, ZomoZomoView parish
- St. Brendan’s Parish, KwaKwaView parish
- St. Charles Lwanga Parish, Total-ShendamTotal-ShendamView parish
- St. Clement’s Parish, PandamPandamView parish
- St. Francis’ Parish, MabudiMabudiView parish
- St. Gabriel’s Pastoral Area, LankakuLankakuView parish
- St. John Bosco Parish, NamuNamuView parish
- St. John of the Cross Pastoral Area, ShimankarShimankarView parish
- St. John Vianney Parish, KwandeKwandeView parish
- St. John’s Parish, KukahKukahView parish
- St. John’s Parish, TunkusTunkusView parish
- St. Joseph’s Parish, DoemakDoemakView parish
- St. Joseph’s Parish, GarkawaGarkawaView parish
- St. Jude’s Parish, WaseWaseView parish
- St. Mary’s Parish, Bakin CiyawaBakin CiyawaView parish
- St. Patrick’s Parish, KwallaKwallaView parish
- St. Peter’s Parish, DemshinDemshinView parish
- St. Peter’s Parish, KurgwiKurgwiView parish
- St. Raymond’s Pastoral Area, ShishiriShishiriView parish
- St. Stephen’s Parish, NsharNsharView parish
- St. Teresa’s Parish, TurakiTurakiView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Philip Davou Dung
- Born
- 19 August 1958
- Birthplace
- Kuru Station
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The cathedral
Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus stands in Shendam, 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
Established on June 2, 2007 in the city of Shendam, Plateau State, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Shendam (Latin: Dioecesis Shendamensis) belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Jos in Nigeria, with the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Shendam as its cathedral. The place holds a notable distinction: Shendam was the first Roman Catholic Mission foundation north of the rivers Niger and Benue in Nigeria. Three members of the Society of African Missions, Oswald Waller, Joseph Mouren, and Ernest Belin, reached Shendam on 12 February 1907 after 28 days traveling by canoe on the river Benue.
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