Roman Catholic Diocese of Oyo

Diocese of Oyo Dioecesis Oyoensis
Location
Country	Nigeria
Territory	Oyo State
Ecclesiastical province	Ibadan
Metropolitan	Archbishop of Ibadan
Coordinates
Statistics
Area
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2004) 2,031,660 30,200 (1.5%)
Parishes	26
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	January 18, 1963
Cathedral	Our Lady of the Assumption Cathedral in Oyo
Secular priests	47
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Most Rev. Emmanuel Adetoyese Badejo
Map
Oyo is located in Oyo State which is shown in red.
Website
www.catholicdioceseoyo.org

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Oyo (Latin: Oyoën(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Oyo in the Ecclesiastical province of Ibadan in Nigeria. It serves approximately 50,000 Roman Catholics in a 18,000 square kilometres (6,900 sq mi), predominately Muslim, area.

History

The Apostolic Prefecture of Oyo was erected from the Apostolic Vicariate of Lagos on March 3, 1949. On January 18, 1963 it was promoted to the Diocese of Oy with the Archdiocese of Ibadan as its metropolitan. On March 3, 1995, portions of the Diocese were removed to the nearly erected Diocese of Osgobo.

Special churches

The cathedral is Our Lady of the Assumption Cathedral in Oyo.

Parishes

As of 2004, the dioceses consisted of 26 parishes and was served by 47 priests and 43 religious.

Ordinaries

• Emmanuel Adetoyese Badejo (since 4 November 2009)
• Julius Babatunde Adelakun (13 April 1973 - 4 November 2009)
• Owen McCoy, M. Afr. (1 April 1949 – 12 April 1973)

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Nigeria

Source

• GCatholic.org Information
• Catholic Hierarchy