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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
In 1971, he was consecrated Titular Bishop of Mascula and Auxiliary of Oyo, and in 1973 named archbishop. As archbishop, Okogie was president of the Christian Association of Nigeria , and from 1994 to 2000 headed the Bishops' Conference of Nigeria.
The current governor of Lagos State is Babajide Sanwo-Olu, who emerged victorious for a second term in office in the March 11, 2023 Governorship elections. [87] [88] Babajide Sanwo-Olu was sworn in on May 29, 2023 for a second term in office, retaining him as the 6th democratic governor of Lagos State and the 15th governor of Lagos State overall.
Alfred Adewale Martins 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.
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 ...
He also established The Georgia Bulletin, the weekly archdiocesan newspaper. [12] Hallinan died in 1968. The second archbishop of Atlanta was Thomas Donnellan from the Diocese of Ogdensburg, named by Pope Paul VI in 1968. [13] During Donnellan's 19-year tenure, the number of Catholics in north Georgia rose from 50,000 in 1968 to over 133,000 by ...
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.
The diocese was founded in 1850 as the Diocese of Savannah, covering all of Georgia and part of Florida. From 1937 to 1956, it was the Diocese of Savannah-Atlanta. In 1956, it became the Diocese of Savannah again when northern Georgia was split off into the Diocese of Atlanta. Plaque in St. John the Baptist Basilica listing the bishops of Savannah.