Diocese of Bauchi Dioecesis Bauchianus | |
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Location | |
Country | Nigeria |
Territory | Bauchi State |
Ecclesiastical province | Jos |
Coordinates | 10°18′57″N 09°50′39″E / 10.31583°N 9.84417°E |
Statistics | |
Area | 64,605 km2 (24,944 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 5,406,530 68,699 (1.3%) |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | December 31, 2003 |
Cathedral | Cathedral of Saint John Evangelist in Bauchi |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Hilary Nanman Dachelem, CMF |
Map | |
Bauchi State is shown in red. | |
Website | |
www.bauchidiocese.org |
The Diocese of Bauchi (Latin: Bauchian(us)) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Northern Nigeria. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Jos in, yet depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.
Its cathedral is the Cathedral of St. John Evangelist, located in the episcopal see of Bauchi in Bauchi State.