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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Jos

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Archdiocese of Jos

Archidioecesis Iosensis
Location
Country Nigeria
TerritoryPlateau State
Ecclesiastical provinceJos
Coordinates9°55′59.9″N 8°52′59.9″E / 9.933306°N 8.883306°E / 9.933306; 8.883306
Information
DenominationRoman Catholic
RiteLatin Rite
EstablishedDiocese: 1953.06.29, Archdiocese 1994.03.26
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
ArchbishopMost Rev. Matthew Ishaya Audu
SuffragansBauchi, Jalingo, Maiduguri, Pankshin, Shendam, Yola
Map
Plateau State shown in red
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

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Special churches

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

Bishops

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  • 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[1]
    • Archbishop Matthew Ishaya Audu since 2020.01.06

Auxiliary Bishop

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Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

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Suffragan dioceses

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Religion census uses data gathered from 500,000 people in seven-year period". 13 July 2021. Archived from the original on June 8, 2012.
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