Roman Catholic Diocese of Maiduguri explained

Jurisdiction:Diocese
Maiduguri
Latin:Dioecesis Maiduguriensis
Country: Nigeria
Territory:Borno State
Province:Jos
Metropolitan:Archbishop of Jos
Coordinates:11.8464°N 13.16°W
Area Km2:132,000
Population:6,612,685
Population As Of:2021
Catholics:202,745
Parishes:43
Denomination:Catholic Church
Sui Iuris Church:Latin Church
Rite:Roman Rite
Priests:60
Bishop Title:Bishop
Suffragan:for one -->
Auxiliary Bishops:John Bogna Bakeni
Archdeacon:for one-->
Map:Nigeria Borno State map.png

The Diocese of Maiduguri (Latin: Dioecesis Maiduguriensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church located in the city of Maiduguri in the ecclesiastical province of Jos in Nigeria.

History

Special churches

The Cathedral is St Patrick's Cathedral in Maiduguri.

Bishops

Other priests of this diocese who became bishop

Persecution and insecurity

Maiduguri was the diocese that suffered most from Boko Haram, having endured close to a decade of fierce persecution. Since 2020, however, the terrorist group has not carried out significant attacks in Maiduguri, a fact that Bishop Oliver Doeme attributes to divine intervention, in response to a Rosary prayer campaign he began after having a vision in which the Virgin Mary handed him a sword which turned into a Rosary. "The war was won on bended knee", he told journalists during a conference organised by Aid to the Church in Need, in July 2022.

In the same conference he explained that his region of Nigeria is now relatively peaceful. "To a large extent we can say that the north-eastern part of the country is more peaceful than other parts, because Nigeria is now in crisis, and we are experiencing a lot of evil forces in our country. You have the Fulani herdsmen attacking Christian communities, you have the bandits attacking communities and taking people away. The church is not spared. In different parts of the north, priests have been killed. So, the crisis may be subsiding in the northeast, but not in other parts of the north and even in the south."[1]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 29 July 2022 . Nigeria: "We have never experienced what we are experiencing now", says Bishop of Maiduguri . 18 November 2022 . ACN International.