Diocese of Shendam
Shendamen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Shendam, Nigeria
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.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 2 June 2007
- Latin
- Shendamen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001003040
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 149,051
- Population
- 980,810
- Catholic share
- 15.2%
- Priests
- 47
- Catholics per priest
- 3,171
- Extent
- 132,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1.1
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
- Philip Davou Dung
- Born
- 19 August 1958
- Birthplace
- Kuru Station
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 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.
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 PankshinPankshin
- Diocese of WukariWukari
- Diocese of YolaYola
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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.
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].