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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 |
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.