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Lagos like Ouidah and Porto Novo, Lagos had a sizable Brazilian and Catholic population. Prior to the establishment of the Lagos mission, mass service was already being performed by a Cathechist who went by Padre Anthonio. Starting in 1863, appeals by the Catholics resulted in two visits and one infant baptism by Fr. Borghero.
The Catholic Church in Nigeria is mainly composed of a Latin hierarchy, joined in a national Episcopal Conference of Nigeria, and a single Eastern Catholic (transnational) see, comprising: 9 Latin rite ecclesiastical provinces, each under a Metropolitan Archbishop , with a total of 44 suffragan dioceses
Many smaller countries, as well as large countries with small Catholic populations, lack (the need for) ecclesiastical province(s) and hence for large Metropolitan archdioceses and may rather have canonical jurisdictions that are immediately subject to the Holy See – dioceses, ordinariates, apostolic vicariates, apostolic exarchates ...
Holy Cross Cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral located in Lagos, Nigeria, and is the seat of the Archdiocese of Lagos.The Gothic style building was constructed in 1939, when the region was still administered as an apostolic vicariate, and thus was only elevated to the status of cathedral in 1950.
Diocese of Awori: Province of Lagos: J Akin Atere: Diocese of Badagry: Province of Lagos: Joseph Adeyemi: Diocese of Bari: Province of Kaduna: Idris Zubairu: Diocese of Bauchi: Province of Jos: Musa Tula: Diocese of Benin: Province of Bendel: Peter Imasuen: Diocese of Bida: Province of Lokoja: Jonah G. Kolo: Diocese of Bukuru: Province of Jos ...
Holy Child College is a Catholic secondary school for girls in Lagos, [1] Nigeria. It was set up on 9 April 1945 by the Society of the Holy Child Jesus (SHCJ) and run by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lagos. It is located in South-West Ikoyi on the cusp of Obalende and Keffi; next to its brother school St Gregory's College, Lagos.
The Catholic Church in Nigeria is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope, the curia in Rome, and the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Nigeria (CBCN). In 2022, the president of the CBCN is Lucius Iwejuru Ugorji, Archbishop of Owerri Archdiocese. [2]
See also List of Catholic dioceses in Angola. Ecclesiastical Province of Huambo. Archdiocese of Huambo. ... Archdiocese of Lagos. Diocese of Abeokuta;