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Archbishop John Kwao Amuzu Aggey 1965.07.06 – 1972.03.13 Archbishop Anthony Olubunmi Okogie 1973.04.13 – 2012.05.25 ( Cardinal in 2003) Archbishop Alfred Adewale Martins since 2012.05.25
The latest Archbishop to be installed at the cathedral is Alfred Adewale Martins, who is incumbent since 2012. [ 5 ] By year-end 2016, the archdiocese counted 3,274,000 baptized out of a total population of 12,276,000 which corresponds to 26.7% of the total.
The Roman Catholic Church in the Caribbean comprises thirteen ecclesiastical provinces — each headed by a metropolitan archbishop — plus one diocese that is part of a non-Caribbean province. Each province has an archdiocese (headed by an archbishop ) and one or more suffragan dioceses (headed by a bishop ).
County seat moved to Milledgeville in 1807. County courts held in the state capitol until 1808. 1814: Milledgeville: 1847: Milledgeville: Destroyed by fire on 24 February 1861. [15] County court held in various locations afterwards. 1887: Milledgeville: Baldwin County Courthouse: Remodeled in 1937 and 1965. Still in existence.
343,675 Catholics (2021) in Archdiocese of Lagos (1860 as the Vicariate Apostolic of Dahomey) with 184 parishes under Archbishop Alfred Adewale Martins (2012). Notable people [ edit ]
The archbishop's seat is located in the Cathedral of Christ the King. The chancery, where the archbishop has his office, is located in the Atlanta suburb of Smyrna. Until 21 May 2019, when he was installed as the Archbishop of Washington, the archdiocese was led by Wilton D. Gregory , who was installed as the seventh bishop and sixth archbishop ...
Cardinal Okogie volunteered to die in place of a Muslim woman who had been condemned to death by stoning by an Islamic court for adultery. [ 4 ] He was proclaimed Cardinal by Pope John Paul II in the consistory of 21 October 2003, and holds the title of Cardinal Priest of Santa Maria del Monte Carmelo a Mostacciano (or in English Blessed Virgin ...
October 24, 1997: Established as Diocese of Abeokuta from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lagos. The area in question covers the Abeokuta Province of the British colonial era, which now comprises the Ẹ̀gbá, Yewa (Ẹ̀gbádò), Àwórì, Ègùn and Ànàgó divisions of Ogun State, the other division in the state being Ijebu which is co-terminus with the Diocese of Ijebu-Ode.