Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kaduna
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Archdiocese of Kaduna Archidioecesis Kadunaensis | |
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| Location | |
| Country |  Nigeria |
| Territory | southern portion of Kaduna State |
| Ecclesiastical province | Kaduna |
| Coordinates | 10°31′23″N 7°26′25″E / 10.52306°N 7.44028°E |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 17,094 km2 (6,600 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2011) 5,916,000 545,380 (9.2%) |
| Parishes | 50 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Established | Diocese 1953.06.29; Archdiocese 1959.07.16 |
| Cathedral | Saint Joseph Cathedral in Kaduna |
| Secular priests | 88 |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Archbishop | Most Rev. Matthew Man-oso Ndagoso |
| Suffragans | Ilorin, Kafanchan, Kano, Kontagora, Minna, Sokoto, Zaria |
| Bishops emeritus | Peter Yariyok Jatau |
| Map | |
 The Archdiocese of Kaduna includes the southern portion of Kaduna State which is shown here in red. | |
| Website | |
| www.KadunaEcclesia.org | |
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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kaduna {Kadunaën(sis) in Latin} is the Metropolitan See for the Ecclesiastical province of Kaduna in Nigeria.
History
- 1911.08.24: The Apostolic Prefecture of Eastern Nigeria was created from the Apostolic Prefecture of Upper Niger and it had Shendam as its headquarters. Kano, afterwards a principal mission station under Kaduna, was opened from Shendam but Kaduna itself was administered from Asaba (headquarters of the Prefecture of Upper Niger which subsequently became the Vicariate Apostolic of Western Nigeria.
- 1929.07.18: Renamed as Apostolic Prefecture of Northern Nigeria
- 1934.04.09: Renamed as Apostolic Prefecture of Kaduna
- 1953.06.29: Promoted as Diocese of Kaduna
- 1959.07.16: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kaduna
Special churches
The seat of the archbishop is St. Joseph’s Cathedral in Kaduna.
Bishops
- Prefect Apostolic of Eastern Nigeria (Roman rite)
- Osvaldo Waller, S.M.A. 1912 – 1929
- Prefects Apostolic of Northern Nigeria (Roman rite)
- Francis O' Rourke, S.M.A. 1929.05.17 - 1930.03.27, appointed (titular bishop and) Vicar Apostolic of Costa di Benin
- William Thomas Porter, S.M.A. 1930.04.08 – 1933.04.25, appointed (titular bishop and) Vicar Apostolic of Costa d’Oro {Gold Coast}, Ghana; future Archbishop
- Thomas Hughes, S.M.A. 1934.04.09 – 1943.01.12, appointed (titular bishop and) Vicar Apostolic of Ondo-Ilorin
- John MacCarthy, S.M.A. 1943.05.14 – 1953.06.29 see below
- Bishop of Kaduna (Roman rite)
- Bishop John MacCarthy, S.M.A. see above 1953.06.29 – 1959.07.16 see below
- Archbishops of Kaduna (Roman rite)
- Archbishop John MacCarthy, S.M.A. see above 1959.07.16 – 1975.06.12
- Archbishop Peter Yariyok Jatau 1975.04.10 - 2007.11.16
- Archbishop Matthew Man-oso Ndagoso, appointed 2007.11.16
Coadjutor Archbishop
- Peter Yariyok Jatau (1972-1975)
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
- Joseph Danlami Bagobiri, appointed Bishop of Kafanchan in 1995
- Matthew Hassan Kukah, appointed Bishop of Sokoto in 2011
- Julius Yakubu Kundi, appointed Bishop of Kafanchan in 2000