Diocese of Abeokuta, Nigeria 🇳🇬

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Abeokuta / Abeokutan(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Lagos

Neighbouring Dioceses: Porto Novo (↙), Dassa-Zoumé (↖), Oyo (↑), Ibadan (↗), Ijebu-Ode (↘), Lagos (↓)

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1997.10.24: Established as Diocese of Abeokuta / Abeokutan(us) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lagos and became suffragan of Lagos)

Bishop (2014.04.15 – ...):

Bishop Peter Kayode Odetoyinbo (62)

Bishops of Abeokuta (Roman Rite)

Bishop Peter Kayode Odetoyinbo (62)
(2014.04.15 – ...)

Bishop of Abeokuta (Nigeria)

Priest of Ibadan (Nigeria) (1989.10.07 – 2014.04.15)

Prelate of Honour of His Holiness (2012.03.22 – 2014.04.15)

Bishop of Abeokuta (Nigeria) (2014.04.15 – ...)

Bishop Alfred Adewale Martins (66) (later Archbishop)
(1997.10.24 – 2012.05.25)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lagos (Nigeria)

Priest of Lagos (Nigeria) (1983.09.18 – 1997.10.24)

Bishop of Abeokuta (Nigeria) (1997.10.24 – 2012.05.25)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lagos (Nigeria) (2012.05.25 – ...)

Porto Novo (↙), Dassa-Zoumé (↖), Oyo (↑), Ibadan (↗), Ijebu-Ode (↘), Lagos (↓)

Area: 9,636 km²

Population: 104,700 Catholics (2.0% of 5,348,140 total)

Pastoral Centres: 67 parishes

Personnel: 95 priests (64 diocesan, 31 religious), 82 religious (31 brothers, 51 sisters), 39 seminarians