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Diocese of Zaria Dioecesis Zariensis | |
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Location | |
Country | Nigeria |
Territory | portion of Kaduna State |
Ecclesiastical province | Kaduna |
Coordinates | 11°06′47″N 7°43′30″E / 11.11306°N 7.72500°E |
Statistics | |
Area | 18,000 km2 (6,900 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 1,839,927 68,950 (3.7%) |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Cathedral | Cathedral of Christ the King in Zaria |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Rev. Habila Daboh |
Map | |
The Diocese of Zaria is located in the northern portion of Kaduna State which is shown here in red. | |
Website | |
www.cathdiza-ng.org Official website of the diocese |
The Diocese of Zaria (Latin: Zarien(sis)) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory of diocese of the Catholic Church in Nigeria. The diocese's episcopal see is Zaria, Kaduna State. The Diocese of Zaria is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Kaduna in Nigeria.