Diocese of Idah

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Idah is a Latin suffragan diocese located in the city of Idah, Kogi State in the ecclesiastical province of Roman Catholic [Archdiocese of Abuja|Abuja], in Nigeria, yet remains subject to the Roman missionary Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.
Idah is located along the Niger river in Kogi State of Nigeria. The diocese mainly serves the Igala, Bassa, [Kogi State|Bassa] and Igbo ethnic groups, who live in Kogi east along the Niger and Benue rivers, below their confluence, around Lokoja.

History

The first recorded Christian activities in this area are attributed to the services of the Church Missionary Society, a branch of Anglicanism, especially members of the 1841 British Niger Expedition, that included the African and Yoruba ex-slave, Samuel [Ajayi Crowther], later to become an Anglican Bishop.

Special churches

The Cathedral episcopal see is a St. Boniface Cathedral, in Idah, which takes its name from the German missionary founding bishop of Fulda, St. Boniface.