The Roman Catholic Diocese of Oyo ( la, Oyoën(sis)) is a Latin

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diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of Ibadan, Nigeria. It still depends on the missionary

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History

The Apostolic Prefecture of Oyo was erected on territory split from the Apostolic Vicariate of Lagos on March 3, 1949. On January 18, 1963 it was promoted to the Diocese of Oyo, with the Archdiocese of Ibadan as its

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. On March 3, 1995, portions of the Diocese were removed to the Diocese of Osgobo.

Special churches

The bishops' seat is

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, otherwise the cathedral of

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in Oyo.

Statistics

In 2014, it pastorally served 36,542

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(1.7% of the population) in a 18,000km² (6,900 sq mi) area, mostly

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. It has 28 parishes and 3 missions with 51 priests (48 diocesan, 3 religious), 44 lay religious (3 brothers, 41 sisters) and 17 seminarians. As of 2004, it consisted of 26

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served by 47

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and 43 religious.

Bishops

(all

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) ;''Apostolic Prefect of Oyo'' * Father Owen McCoy, White Fathers (M. Afr.) (1 April 1949 – 18 January 1963 ''see below''

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) ;''Suffragan Bishops of Oyo'' * Owen McCoy, M. Afr. ( ↑ ''see above'' 18 January 1963 – retired 12 April 1973) *

Julius Babatunde Adelakun Most Rev Julius Babatunde Adelakun (born 1 November 1934) is the Emeritus Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Oyo. He retired from active service in 2009 and was succeeded by Emmanuel Adetoyese Badejo Emmanuel Adetoyese Badejo is the Catho ...

(13 April 1973 – retired 4 November 2009); previously Auxiliary Bishop of Oyo and Titular Bishop of Thunigaba (16 November 1972 – 13 April 1973) *

Emmanuel Adetoyese Badejo Emmanuel Adetoyese Badejo is the Catholic Church, Catholic Roman Catholic Diocese of Oyo, Bishop of Oyo diocese. He was born on 13 of July 1961. He was ordained a Priesthood in the Catholic Church, priest by the bishop of the Roman Catholic Dioces ...

(4 November 2009 – ), succeeding as former

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of Oyo (14 August 2007 – 4 November 2009)

Coadjutor Bishop

(2007-2009)

Auxiliary Bishops

(1972-1973), appointed Bishop *

Anthony Olubunmi Okogie Anthony Olubunmi Okogie (born 16 June 1936) is a Nigerian Cardinal Priest and Archbishop Emeritus of Lagos in the Roman Catholic Church. Biography Born in Lagos, Nigeria, Okogie was born to a royal family of Uromi in Edo State. His parents ...

(1971-1972), appointed auxiliary bishop of Lagos; future Cardinal

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

*Gabriel ’Leke Abegunrin, appointed Bishop of Osogbo in 1995 *Francis Obafemi Adesina (priest, 1989-1995), appointed Bishop of Ijebu-Ode in 2019 *Paul Adegboyega Olawoore, appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Ilorin in 2018 *John Akinkunmi Oyejola, appointed Bishop of Osogbo in 2016

References

External links and sources

GCatholic.org

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