Diocese of Oyo Dioecesis Oyoensis | |
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Location | |
Country | Nigeria |
Territory | Oyo State |
Ecclesiastical province | Ibadan |
Metropolitan | Archbishop of Ibadan |
Coordinates | 7°51′00″N 3°55′59″E / 7.85000°N 3.93306°E |
Statistics | |
Area | 18,000 km2 (6,900 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 2,031,660 30,200 (1.5%) |
Parishes | 26 |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Established | January 18, 1963 |
Cathedral | Our Lady of the Assumption Cathedral in Oyo |
Secular priests | 47 |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Most Rev. Emmanuel Adetoyese Badejo |
Bishops emeritus | Julius Babatunde Adelakun |
Map | |
Oyo is located in Oyo State, shown in red. | |
Website | |
www.catholicdioceseoyo.org |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Oyo (Latin: Oyoën(sis)) is a Latin suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Ibadan, Nigeria. It still depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.