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The Catholic Herald was founded during Terrien's tenure. Bishop Francis O'Rourke succeeded Terrien, he became the first Irish bishop of Lagos in 1930. In 1934, construction of the new Holy Cross Cathedral began, O'Rourke did not see the completed building but his was buried in the cathedral in 1938.
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
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 ...
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 ]
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.
Ijebu-Ode is located in Ogun State which is shown here in red. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ijebu-Ode ( Latin : Iiebuoden(sis) ) is a diocese located in the city of Ijebu-Ode in the ecclesiastical province of Lagos in Nigeria .
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.
Roman Catholic Diocese of Aba; Roman Catholic Diocese of Abakaliki; Roman Catholic Diocese of Abeokuta; Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja; Roman Catholic Diocese of Aguleri; Roman Catholic Diocese of Ahiara; Roman Catholic Diocese of Auchi; Roman Catholic Diocese of Awgu; Roman Catholic Diocese of Awka