Diocese of Bauchi

The Diocese of Bauchi is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Northern Nigeria. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Jos in, yet depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.

History

• Established on 5 July 1996 as Apostolic Vicariate of Bauchi, on territory split off from its Metropolitan, the Archdiocese of Jos • Promoted on 31 December 2003 as Diocese of Bauchi/ Bauchian(us) (Latin adjective) == Statistics ==

Statistics

, it pastorally served 79,000 Catholics (1.2% of 6,742,000 total) on 66,102 km2 in 23 parishes and 1 mission with 39 priests (34 diocesan, 5 religious), 18 lay religious (9 brothers, 9 sisters) and 13 seminarians. ==Episcopal ordinaries==

Episcopal ordinaries

;Apostolic Vicar of Bauchi • John Moore, Society of African Missions (S.M.A.) (born Ireland) (5 July 1996 – 31 December 2003 see below), Titular Bishop of Gigthi (1996.07.05 – 2003.12.12) ;Suffragan Bishops of Bauchi • John Moore, S.M.A. (see above December 31, 2003 — death 20 January 2010) • Malachy John Goltok (18 March 2011 – death 21 March 2015) • Bishop-elect Hilary Nanman Dachelem, Claretians (C.M.F.) (31 May 2017 – ...), no previous prelature. == See also ==

Sources and external links

• GCatholic.org - data for all sections • Official website of the Diocese of Bauchi • Catholic Hierarchy

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