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Roman Catholic Diocese Of Yola
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Yola ( la, Yolaën(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Yola in Adamawa state and in the Ecclesiastical province of Jos, Plateau state, Nigeria. History * July 14, 1950: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Yola from the Diocese of Buéa in Cameroon, the Apostolic Prefecture of Jos and the Apostolic Prefecture of Oturkpo * July 2, 1962: Promoted as Diocese of Yola Special churches The Cathedral is St Theresa's Cathedral in Yola. Bishops * Prefect Apostolic of Yola (Roman rite) ** Father Patrick Joseph Dalton, O.S.A. (1950.10.27 – 1962.07.02 ''see below'') * Bishops of Yola ** Bishop Patrick Joseph Dalton, O.S.A. (''see above'' 1962.07.02 – 1969.11.29) ** Bishop Patrick Francis Sheehan, O.S.A. (1970.09.21 – 1996.07.05), appointed Vicar Apostolic of Kano ** Bishop Christopher Shaman Abba (1996.07.05 - 2010.01.09) ** Bishop Stephen Dami Mamza (2011.02.18 - ) Other priests of this diocese who became bishop *Charles Michael Hammawa ...
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Adamawa State
Adamawa state () is a state in the North-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria, bordered by Borno to the northwest, Gombe to the west, and Taraba to the southwest, while its eastern border forms part of the national border with Cameroon. It takes its name from the historic emirate of Adamawa, with the emirate's old capital of Yola, serving as the capital city of Adamawa state. The state is one of the most heterogeneous in Nigeria. with over 100 indigenous ethnic groups, formed in 1991, when the former Gongola state was broken up into Adamawa and Taraba states. Since its was carved out of the old Gongola State in 1991 by the General Ibrahim Badamsi Babangida military regime, Adamawa State has had 10 men, both military and civilian, controlling the levers of power, who played crucial roles in transforming the state into what it is today. Of the 36 states in Nigeria, Adamawa state is the eighth largest in area, but the thirteenth least populous with an estimated popupation of ...
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Bishop
A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is called episcopacy. Organizationally, several Christian denominations utilize ecclesiastical structures that call for the position of bishops, while other denominations have dispensed with this office, seeing it as a symbol of power. Bishops have also exercised political authority. Traditionally, bishops claim apostolic succession, a direct historical lineage dating back to the original Twelve Apostles or Saint Paul. The bishops are by doctrine understood as those who possess the full priesthood given by Jesus Christ, and therefore may ordain other clergy, including other bishops. A person ordained as a deacon, priest (i.e. presbyter), and then bishop is understood to hold the fullness of the ministerial priesthood, given responsibility b ...
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Roman Catholic Dioceses And Prelatures Established In The 20th Century
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Christian Organizations Established In 1950
Christians () are people who follow or adhere to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The words ''Christ'' and ''Christian'' derive from the Koine Greek title ''Christós'' (Χριστός), a translation of the Biblical Hebrew term ''mashiach'' (מָשִׁיחַ) (usually rendered as ''messiah'' in English). While there are diverse interpretations of Christianity which sometimes conflict, they are united in believing that Jesus has a unique significance. The term ''Christian'' used as an adjective is descriptive of anything associated with Christianity or Christian churches, or in a proverbial sense "all that is noble, and good, and Christ-like." It does not have a meaning of 'of Christ' or 'related or pertaining to Christ'. According to a 2011 Pew Research Center survey, there were 2.2 billion Christians around the world in 2010, up from about 600 million in 1910. Today, about 37% of all Christians live in the Amer ...
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Roman Catholic Dioceses In Nigeria
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 * one missionary apostolic vicariate * one Maronite diocese, for all Western and Central Africa There are no titular sees. All defunct jurisdictions have current successor sees. There is an Apostolic Nunciature (papal diplomatic representation at embassy-level) to Nigeria in the national capital Abuja; in it is also vested the papal Permanent Observer to Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Eastern Catholic Exempt (directly under the Holy See) * Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Annunciation of Ibadan, with see in Ibadan, Oyo state Current Latin Sees Ecclesiastical Province of Abuja * Metropolitan Archdiocese of Abuja, official websit** Roman Catholic Di ...
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Roman Catholicism In Nigeria
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). The present president of the CBCN is Most Rev. Lucius Ugorji,, Archbishop of Owerri, who was preceded by the Archbishop of Benin city Catholic Diocese, Augustine Obiora Akubeze . The Latin and Eastern Catholic Churches comprise the world's largest Christian Church, and its largest religious grouping. In 2005, there were an estimated 19 million baptised Catholics in Nigeria. In 2010 the Catholic population accounted for approximately 12.6% of the population. Nigeria, together with Congo Democratic Republic, boasts of the highest number of priests in Africa. The boom in vocation to the priesthood in Nigeria is mainly in the eastern part (especially among the Igbo ethnic group) which accounts for over 70 percent of the country's Catholic population. The second papal visit to the country in ...
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Charles Michael Hammawa
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Christopher Shaman Abba
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Minna ( la, Minnaën(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Minna in the Ecclesiastical province of Kaduna in Nigeria. History * November 9, 1964: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Minna from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kaduna * September 17, 1973: Promoted as Diocese of Minna Special churches The Cathedral A cathedral is a church that contains the '' cathedra'' () of a bishop, thus serving as the central church of a diocese, conference, or episcopate. Churches with the function of "cathedral" are usually specific to those Christian denomination ... is St. Michael's Cathedral in Minna. Leadership * Prefects Apostolic of Minna (Roman rite) ** Father Edmund Joseph Fitzgibbon, S.P.S. (1964.11.25 – 1973.09.17), resigned; future Bishop * Bishops of Minna (Roman rite) ** Bishop Christopher Shaman Abba (1973.09.17 – 1996.07.05), appointed Bishop of Yola ** Bishop Martin Igwe Uzoukwu (since 1996.07.05) See also * Roman Catholicism i ...
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Augustinians
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Patrick Francis Sheehan
Patrick Francis Sheehan (28 May 1932 – 8 November 2012) was the Roman Catholic bishop of the Roman Catholic Dioceses of Yola and later Kano, Nigeria. Patrick Sheehan was born in Boyle, County Roscommon, Ireland on May 28, 1932. His parents later moved to Tramore, County Waterford. When he entered the Novitiate of the Order of St Augustine at Orlagh, near Dublin he was given the name Francis. Patrick Francis Sheehan's priestly studies were in the Gregorian University in Rome. There he was ordained priest on February 25, 1956. He was posted to the Adamawa Mission assigned to the Irish Province of the Order of St Augustine by the Holy See. There he spent most of the rest of his life. Bishop Sheehan was ordained as Bishop of Yola on January 6, 1971. In his time as a priest of Yola, Bishop Sheehan established the Third Order of St Augustine in the diocese under the authority of the Prior General in Rome. He was instrumental in bringing the Spiritans, the De La Salle Brothers, the ...
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Patrick Joseph Dalton
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