How many Catholic archbishops are there in Nigeria?

The church has 14 Provinces in Nigeria, each with an Archbishop….Archbishops in the Church of Nigeria.

Province	Archbishop
Archbishop of Enugu	Emmanuel O. Chukwuma
Archbishop of Ibadan	Segun Okubadejo
Archbishop of Jos	Markus Ibrahim

Who is the Archbishop of Nigeria?

Henry Ndukuba

The Most Reverend Henry C. Ndukuba
Primate of All Nigeria
Church	Church of Nigeria
Archdiocese	Anglican Province of Jos
Diocese	Anglican Diocese of Gombe

How many Catholic Archdiocese are there in Nigeria?

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.

Who is the archbishop of Lagos State?

. Alfred Adewale Martins
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lagos

Archdiocese of Lagos Archidioecesis Lagosensis
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Archbishop	Most Rev. Alfred Adewale Martins
Suffragans	Abeokuta, Ijebu-Ode

Who was the first Catholic bishop in Nigeria?

Dominic Ekandem

His Eminence Dominic Ignatius Ekandem
Other post(s)	Cardinal-Priest of San Marcello (1976-95)
Orders
Ordination	7 December 1947 by Charles Heerey
Consecration	7 February 1954 by James Moynagh

Who is the Catholic Archbishop of Abuja?

Excellency Ignatius Ayau Kaigama
Ignatius Ayau Kaigama

His Excellency Ignatius Ayau Kaigama
Archbishop of Abuja
Church	Roman Catholic Church
Appointed	9 November 2019
Installed	5 December 2019

Who was the first Catholic cardinal in Nigeria?

Francis Cardinal Arinze
Francis Cardinal Arinze of the Basilica of the Most Holy Trinity, Onitsha, Anambra State, has become the first African and Nigerian Catholic Bishop and Cardinal to celebrate the episcopal golden jubilee.

How many dioceses do we have in Lagos?

13 dioceses
The Ecclesiastical Province of Lagos is one of the 14 ecclesiastical provinces of the Church of Nigeria. It comprises 13 dioceses.

Who is Bishop Adewale Martins?

The Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, Most Rev. Alfred Adewale-Martins, has called on women to demonstrate their managerial prowess in different sectors of the society for the advancement of the nation. He also urged them to resist the mindset of gender inferiority and be a solution to the challenge of nation building.

Who is the current Bishop of Abuja?

Archbishop Ignatius Ayau Kaigama
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja

Archdiocese of Abuja Archidioecesis Abugensis
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Metropolitan Archbishop	Ignatius Ayau Kaigama
Auxiliary Bishops	Anselm Umoren, MSPN

Where is the first Catholic Church in Nigeria?

Peters, Ake Abeokuta, is the first church in Nigeria. History teaches us that when Christianity first came to what is now known as Nigeria through the Portuguese missionary, no particular church was established before they left.

Where is the first Catholic church in Nigeria?

Who is the youngest bishop in Church of Nigeria Anglican Communion?

He decided to become an Anglican priest at a very young age. He passed with distinction is first school leaving examination in 1944 and was a teacher for 6 years….Joseph Abiodun Adetiloye.

The Right Reverend Joseph Abiodun Adetiloye
Consecration	1970
Personal details
Born	December 25, 1929 Odo-Owa, Nigeria

Who is John Cardinal Onaiyekan?

John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan (born 29 January 1944) is a Nigerian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was Archbishop of Abuja from 1994 to 2019 and was made a Cardinal in 2012.

Who is the Auxiliary Bishop of Abuja?

. Fr. Anselem umorem
Head of Catholic Church, Pope Benedict XVI, yesterday announced the appointment of Rev. Fr. Anselem umorem, as an auxiliary Bishop for the Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja.