list, catholic, dioceses, nigeria, catholic, church, nigeria, mainly, composed, latin, hierarchy, joined, national, episcopal, conference, nigeria, single, eastern, catholic, transnational, comprising, latin, rite, ecclesiastical, provinces, each, under, metro. The Catholic Church in Nigeria is mainly composed of a Latin hierarchy joined in a national Episcopal Conference of Nigeria and a single Eastern Catholic transnational see comprising 9 Latin rite ecclesiastical provinces each under a Metropolitan Archbishop with a total of 44 suffragan dioceses one missionary apostolic vicariate one Maronite diocese for all Western and Central AfricaThere are no titular sees All defunct jurisdictions have current successor sees There is an Apostolic Nunciature papal diplomatic representation at embassy level to Nigeria in the national capital Abuja in it is also vested the papal Permanent Observer to Economic Community of West African States ECOWAS Contents 1 Eastern Catholic 1 1 Exempt directly under the Holy See 2 Current Latin Sees 2 1 Ecclesiastical Province of Abuja 2 2 Ecclesiastical Province of Benin City 2 3 Ecclesiastical Province of Calabar 2 4 Ecclesiastical Province of Ibadan 2 5 Ecclesiastical Province of Jos 2 6 Ecclesiastical Province of Kaduna 2 7 Ecclesiastical Province of Lagos 2 8 Ecclesiastical Province of Onitsha 2 9 Ecclesiastical Province of Owerri 3 See also 4 Sources and external linksEastern Catholic EditExempt directly under the Holy See Edit Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Annunciation of Ibadan with see in Ibadan Oyo stateCurrent Latin Sees EditEcclesiastical Province of Abuja EditMetropolitan Archdiocese of Abuja official website 1 Diocese of Gboko Diocese of Idah Diocese of Katsina Ala Diocese of Lafia official website 2 Diocese of Lokoja Diocese of Makurdi Diocese of OtukpoEcclesiastical Province of Benin City EditMetropolitan Archdiocese of Benin City official website 3 Diocese of Auchi official website 4 Diocese of Issele Uku official website 5 Diocese of Uromi official website 6 Diocese of Warri official website 7 Diocese of BomadiEcclesiastical Province of Calabar EditMetropolitan Archdiocese of Calabar Diocese of Ikot Ekpene official website 8 Diocese of Ogoja Diocese of Port Harcourt Diocese of Uyo official website 9 Ecclesiastical Province of Ibadan EditMetropolitan Archdiocese of Ibadan official website 10 Diocese of Ekiti official website 11 Diocese of Ilorin Diocese of Ondo official website 12 Diocese of Osogbo Diocese of Oyo official website 13 Ecclesiastical Province of Jos Edit Metropolitan Archdiocese of Jos official website 14 Diocese of Bauchi official website 15 Archived 2014 03 06 at the Wayback Machine Diocese of Jalingo Diocese of Maiduguri Diocese of Pankshin Diocese of Shendam Diocese of Wukari Diocese of YolaEcclesiastical Province of Kaduna Edit Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kaduna official website 16 Diocese of Kafanchan official website 17 Diocese of Kano Diocese of Kontagora Diocese of Minna Diocese of Sokoto Diocese of Zaria official website 18 Scribd com page 19 Ecclesiastical Province of Lagos Edit Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lagos official website 20 Diocese of Abeokuta official website 21 Diocese of Ijebu OdeEcclesiastical Province of Onitsha Edit Metropolitan Archdiocese of Onitsha official website 22 Diocese of Abakaliki official website 23 Diocese of Awgu Diocese of Awka official website 24 Diocese of Enugu official website 25 Diocese of Nnewi official website 26 Diocese of Nsukka Diocese of Ekwulobia official website 27 Ecclesiastical Province of Owerri Edit Metropolitan Archdiocese of Owerri official website 28 Diocese of Aba official website 29 Diocese of Ahiara official website 30 Diocese of Okigwe official website 31 Diocese of Orlu official website 32 Diocese of Umuahia official website 33 See also Edit Africa portal Nigeria portal Catholicism portalCatholic dioceses structured view Outline of Nigeria Index of Nigeria related articlesSources and external links EditGCatholic org data for all sections Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria Catholic News Service of Nigeria Catholic Hierarchy entry Nigerian Catholic Diocesan Priests Association NCDPA Jurisdictions and Ordinaries in Nigeria Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of Catholic dioceses in Nigeria amp oldid 1127416753, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
