Roman Catholic Diocese of Bauchi

The Diocese of Bauchi (Latin: Bauchian(us)) 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.

Diocese of Bauchi Dioecesis Bauchianus
Location
Country	Nigeria
Territory	Bauchi State
Ecclesiastical province	Jos
Coordinates	10°18′57″N 09°50′39″E
Statistics
Area	64,605 km2 (24,944 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2004) 5,406,530 68,699 (1.3%)
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	December 31, 2003
Cathedral	Cathedral of Saint John Evangelist in Bauchi
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Hilary Nanman Dachelem, CMF
Map
Bauchi State is shown in red.
Website
www.bauchidiocese.org

Its cathedral is the Cathedral of St. John Evangelist, located in the episcopal see of Bauchi in Bauchi State.

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

As of 2014, 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

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

• List of Catholic dioceses in Nigeria
• Roman Catholicism in Nigeria

Sources and external links

• GCatholic.org - data for all sections
• Official website of the Diocese of Bauchi Archived 2014-03-06 at the Wayback Machine
• Catholic Hierarchy