Peter Yariyok Jatau (5 August 1931 – 16 December 2020) was a Nigerian

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archbishop. Jatau was born in

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and was ordained to the priesthood in 1963. He served as coadjutor archbishop of the

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, Nigeria, from 1972 to 1975 and as archbishop of the archdiocese from 1975 to 2007.

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1931 births 2020 deaths Roman Catholic archbishops of Kaduna {{Africa-RC-archbishop-stub