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Leo Taylor, a former principal at St Gregory's College, Lagos, was Archbishop of the Metropolitan See of Lagos. In 1954, the first Marian congress commemorating the apparition of Blessed Virgin Mary at Lourdes was held in Lagos. Cardinal McIntyre was the papal legate; it was the first time a cardinal set foot in the diocese.
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
In 2010, the Catholic population accounted for approximately 12.6% of the population, [6] 70% of which can be found in Southeast Nigeria. [ citation needed ] Historically, the Holy Ghost Fathers maintained a strong presence in Igboland in today's Southeastern Nigeria, whereas the White Fathers operated in Western and Northern Nigeria, and the ...
The college, originally a coed campus before the creation of its sister school Holy Child College Obalende, is based in South-West Ikoyi. It was established through the Catholic mission in 1928 and named after Pope Gregory the Great (540–604). Michael Ibru and his construction outfit, Ace Jomona, took part in the building of the school. [2]
This is a list of Catholic seminaries in the world, including those that have been closed. According to the 2012 Pontifical Yearbook, the total number of candidates for the priesthood in the world was 118,990 at the end of the year 2010.
Diocese of Ijebu: Province of Lagos: Peter Rotimi Oludipe [16] Diocese of Ijebu-North: Province of Lagos: Solomon Kuponu: Diocese of Ijebu-South West: Province of Lagos: Babatunde Ogunbanwo: Diocese of Ijesa North East: Province of Ibadan: Joseph Olusola: Diocese of Ijesha North Missionary: Province of Ibadan: Isaac Oluyamo: Diocese of Ijumu ...
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.
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.