Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Jos

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Archdiocese of Jos Archidioecesis Iosensis
Location
Country	Nigeria
Territory	Plateau State
Ecclesiastical province	Jos
Coordinates	9°55′59.9″N 8°52′59.9″E / 9.933306°N 8.883306°E / 9.933306; 8.883306
Statistics
Area	4,769 km2 (1,841 sq mi)
Population Total Catholics	(as of 2022) 1,935,786 424,359 (21.9%)
Parishes	66
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	Diocese: 29 June 1953 Archdiocese: 26 March 1994
Cathedral	Cathedral of Our Lady of Fatima
Secular priests	110
Current leadership
Pope	‹See Tfd›Leo XIV
Archbishop	Most Rev. Matthew Ishaya Audu
Suffragans	Bauchi, Jalingo, Maiduguri, Pankshin, Shendam, Yola
Map
Plateau State shown in red
Website
josarchdiocese.org

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Jos (Archidioecesis Iosensis (Latin) is the Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical province of Jos in Nigeria.

History

• 1934.04.09: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Jos from the Apostolic Prefecture of Northern Nigeria
• 1953.06.29: Promoted as Diocese of Jos
• 1994.03.26: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Jos

Special churches

The seat of the archbishop is Cathedral of Our Lady of Fatima in Jos.

Bishops

• Prefects Apostolic of Jos (Roman rite)
  • Fr. Guglielmo Lumley, S.M.A. 1934.06.22 – 1953
• Bishops of Jos (Roman rite)
  • Bishop John J. Reddington, S.M.A. 1954.04.10 – 1974.07.03
  • Bishop Gabriel Gonsum Ganaka 1974.10.05 – 1994.03.26 see below
• Metropolitan Archbishops of Jos (Roman rite)
  • Archbishop Gabriel Gonsum Ganaka see above 1994.03.26 – 1999.11.11
  • Archbishop Ignatius Ayau Kaigama 2000.04.14 - 2019.03.11; as President of the Nigerian Bishops, he has criticized the government for its failure to adequately protect Christians and other religious minorities from Islamist fundamentalist terrorists, such as Boko Haram
  • Archbishop Matthew Ishaya Audu since 2020.01.06

Suffragan dioceses

• Bauchi
• Jalingo
• Maiduguri
• Pankshin
• Shendam
• Yola
• Wukari

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Nigeria

References

External links

• GCatholic.org