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, Minna, Sokoto, Zaria |
| 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.
Leadership
- Metropolitan Archbishops of Kaduna (Roman rite)
- Archbishop Matthew Man-oso Ndagoso, appointed 2007.11.16
- Archbishop Peter Yariyok Jatau 1975.04.10 - 2007.11.16
- Archbishop John MacCarthy, S.M.A. 1959.07.16 – 1975.06.12
- Bishops of Kaduna (Roman rite)
- Bishop John MacCarthy, S.M.A. 1953.06.29 – 1959.07.16
- Prefects Apostolic of Kaduna (Roman rite)
- John MacCarthy, S.M.A. 1943.05.14 – 1953.06.29
- Thomas Hughes, S.M.A. 1934.04.09 – 1943.01.12
- Prefects Apostolic of Northern Nigeria (Roman rite)
- Thomas Hughes, S.M.A. 1934.01.12 - 1934.04.09
- Archbishop William Thomas Porter, S.M.A. 1930.04.08 – 1933.04.25
- Francis O' Rourke, S.M.A. 1929.05.17 - 1930.03.27
- Prefects Apostolic of Eastern Nigeria (Roman rite)
- Fr. Osvaldo Waller, S.M.A. 1912 – 1929