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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ibadan
The
Roman Catholic
Archdiocese of
Ibadan
is the
Metropolitan See
for the
Ecclesiastical province
of Ibadan in
Nigeria
.
History
13 March
1952: Established as
Apostolic Prefecture
of Ibadan from the
Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lagos
28 April
1958:
Promoted
as Diocese of Ibadan
26 March
1994: Promoted as
Metropolitan Archdiocese
of Ibadan
Special churches
The seat of the archbishop is Saint Mary’s Cathedral in Ibadan.
Bishops
Prefect Apostolic of Ibadan
*
Father Richard
Finn, S.M.A., 13
March 1953
– 28 April 1958
see below
Bishops of Ibadan
* Bishop
Richard Finn
, S.M.A.,
see above
28 April 1958 – 3
July 1974
* Bishop
Felix Alaba Adeosin Job
,
5 October
1974 – 26
March 1994
see below
Metropolitan
Archbishops of Ibadan
* Archbishop Felix Alaba Adeosin Job,
see above
26 March 1994 –
24 January
2014
*Archbishop
Gabriel Ojeleke Abegunrin
, 24
January 2014
– present
Auxiliary Bishop
Felix Alaba Adeosin Job, appointed Bishop here
Other priest of this diocese who became bishop
Peter Kayode Odetoyinbo, appointed
Bishop of Abeokuta
in 2014
Suffragan Dioceses
Roman Catholic Diocese of Ekiti
Roman Catholic Diocese of Ilorin
Roman Catholic Diocese of Ondo
Roman Catholic Diocese of Osogbo
Roman Catholic Diocese of Oyo