Diocese of Yola
Yolaën(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Yola, Nigeria
The Diocese of Yola is a Latin Church suffragan diocese in Adamawa State, Nigeria, established as an apostolic prefecture in 1950 and erected as a diocese on 2 July 1962, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Jos. Its bishop since 2011 is Stephen Dami Mamza.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 2 July 1962
- Latin
- Yolaën(sis)
- Patron
- St. Theresa
- Annuario code
- 001000208
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 156,890
- Population
- 2,135,240
- Catholic share
- 7.3%
- Priests
- 75
- Catholics per priest
- 2,092
- Extent
- 32,296 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 4.9
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
- Stephen Dami Mamza
- Born
- 30 November 1969
- Birthplace
- Bazza
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
Saint Theresa Cathedral, Yola stands in Yola, 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 ShendamShendam
- Diocese of WukariWukari
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Seated in the city of Yola in Adamawa state, Nigeria, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Yola (Latin: Yolaën(sis)) belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Jos, Plateau state.
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].