Diocese of Sokoto
Sokotoën(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Sokoto, Nigeria
The Diocese of Sokoto is a Latin Church see in northwestern Nigeria, erected as a diocese on 16 June 1964, covering Sokoto, Zamfara, Kebbi and Katsina states. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Kaduna.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 16 June 1964
- Latin
- Sokotoën(sis)
- Patron
- Holy Family
- Annuario code
- 001003085
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 60,554
- Population
- 12,251,910
- Catholic share
- 0.5%
- Priests
- 41
- Catholics per priest
- 1,477
- Extent
- 109,507 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.6
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
- Matthew Hassan Kukah
- Born
- 31 August 1952
- Birthplace
- Kulu
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
Holy Family Cathedral, Sokoto stands in Sokoto, 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 Kaduna
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Kaduna.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of KadunaKaduna
- Diocese of KafanchanKafanchan
- Diocese of KanoKano
- Diocese of KatsinaKatsina
- Diocese of KontagoraKontagora
- Diocese of MinnaMinna
- Diocese of ZariaZaria
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Based in the Nigerian city of Sokoto, this Roman Catholic diocese (Latin: Sokotoën(sis)) belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Kaduna. Its territory embraces the states of Sokoto, Zamfara, Kebbi, and Katsina.
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].